Use base consonants only
View positions
|
Labial
|
Coronal
|
Dorsal
|
Radical
|
Laryngeal
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Bilabial
|
Labio-dental
|
Dental
|
Alveolar
|
Palato-alveolar
|
Retroflex
|
Palatal
|
Velar
|
Uvular
|
Pharyngeal
|
Epi-glottal
|
Glottal
|
|||||||||||||
Plosive
|
p | b | *t | *d | k | ɡ |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Affricates
|
tʃ | dʒ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Nasal
|
m | *n |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Trill
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
Tap, Flap
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral flap
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
R-sounds
|
*R |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
Fricative
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||
Approximant
|
j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Front |
Near-front |
Central |
Near-back |
Back |
|||
Close |
|||||||
Near-close | |||||||
Close-mid | |||||||
Mid | |||||||
Open-mid | |||||||
Near-open | |||||||
Open |
Selected languages: | Bororo |
UPSID number: | 6850 |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | S. American, Macro-Ge |
The languages has | 20 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [p] [b] [*t] [*d] [k] [ɡ] [tʃ] [dʒ] [*R] [w] [j] [m] [*n] [i] [ɨ] [u] [e̞] [ə] [o̞] [ä] |
Comments: | Crowell provides only a list of phonemes; |
Sources: | Crowell, T.H. 1979. A Grammar of Bororo; PhD Thesis at |