Ramarama phonology

Consonants

Ramarama has a fairly small consonant inventory, with a wide range of allophonic variation. Notably, the language lacks any fricatives other than /h/, which itself occurs only infrequently.

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	Voiceless	p	t	c	k	ʔ ⟨q⟩
	Voiced	b	d ⟨r⟩	ɟ ⟨j⟩	g
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Fricative	Voiceless	ɸ ⟨f⟩	s		x	h
	Voiced	β ⟨r⟩	z		ɣ
Approximant		w	ɹ ⟨l⟩	j ⟨y⟩	ɰ ⟨d⟩

Vowels

Ramarama has a large vowel inventory, with seven oral and four nasal vowels:

	Front	Central	Back
High	i ĩ	ɨ	u
Mid	e ẽ	ə	o õ
Low		a ã

External links

• Ramarama language