Wolio phonology

Vowels

Stress is on the penultimate syllable. The five vowels are /i e a o u/.

Vowels

Front	Central	Back
		unr.	rnd.
/i/ i			/u/ u	Close
/ɪ/ ə			/ʊ/ ʊ	Close-mid
/e/ e	/ə/ ɵ		/o/ o	Mid
/ɛ/ ɛ		/ʌ/ ʌ	/ɔ/ ɔ	Open-mid
/æ/ æ	/a/ a	/ɑ~ɒ/ y		Open

Consonants

Consonants

Labial	Apical	Laminal	Velar	Glottal
/p/ ⟨p⟩	/t/ ⟨t⟩	/tʃ/ ⟨c⟩	/k/ ⟨k⟩	/ʔ/ ⟨'⟩	voiceless	plain	Stop
/b/ ⟨b⟩	/d/ ⟨d⟩	/dʒ/ ⟨j⟩	/ɡ/ ⟨g⟩		voiced
mp ⟨mp⟩	nt ⟨nt⟩	ɲtʃ ⟨ɲc⟩	ŋk ⟨ŋk⟩		voiceless	prenasalized
mb ⟨mb⟩	nd ⟨nd⟩	ɲdʒ ⟨ɲj⟩	ŋɡ ⟨ŋg⟩		voiced
/ɓ/ ⟨ḃ⟩	/ɗ/ ⟨ḋ⟩		/ɠ/ ⟨ġ⟩		Implosive
/m/ ⟨m⟩	/n/ ⟨n⟩	/ɲ/ ⟨ɲ⟩	/ŋ/ ⟨ŋ⟩		Nasal
/f/ ⟨f⟩	/s/ ⟨s⟩	/ʃ/ ⟨ʃ⟩	/x/ ⟨x⟩	/h/ ⟨q⟩	voiceless	Fricative
/β/ ⟨w⟩	/z/ ⟨z⟩	/ʒ/ ⟨ʒ⟩	/ɣ/ ⟨ɣ⟩	/ɦ/ ⟨h⟩	voiced
	/l/ ⟨l⟩		/ʟ/ ⟨ł⟩		Lateral
/ʙ/ ⟨v⟩	/r/ ⟨r⟩				Trill

/b, d, f/ are found in loans, mostly from Arabic. /β/ is transcribed w, /tʃ/ c. /r/ is a trill.

External links

• Wolio language