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Labial
Coronal
Dorsal
Radical
Laryngeal
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Dental
Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Epi-glottal
Glottal
Plosive
p       t̪ʱ   t               k      
 
 
 
 
ʔ
 
Affricates
            ts tsʰʱ                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m           *n           ɲ   ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
              r            
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                               
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
                                            h  
Sibilant fricatives
                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
      *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Javanese
UPSID number: 2409
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Austro-Tai, W. Malayo-Polynesian
The languages has 29 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

Javanese is spoken primarily in Java, Indonesia.

Sources:

Fagan, J.L. 1988. Javanese intervocalic stop phonemes: the
light/heavy distinction. From: Studies in Austronesian
Linguistics. ed. Richard McGinn. Ohio University Center
for International Studies, Center for Southeast Asia
Studies. Athens, Ohio.

Horne, E.C. 1961. Beginning Javanese. Yale University
Press, New Haven.

Herrfurth, H. 1964. Lehrbuch des Modernen Djawanisch.
Verlag Enzyklopadie, Leipzig.

Uhlenbeck. 1963. Review of Horne, E.C. Beginning Javanese.
Lingua 12: 69-76.