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p           t             k      
 
 
 
 
ʔ
 
Nasal
  m           n             ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
              r            
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                               
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Fricative
                                               
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Wik-munkan
UPSID number: 8358
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Australian, Pama-Nyungan
The languages has 18 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

Non-glottal stops have voiced allophones
following nasals and (usually) intervocalically. All five
vowels occur long and short.

Sources:

McConnel, U.H. 1945. Wikmunkan phonetics. Oceania 15/4:
353-375.

Sayers, B. and Godfrey, M. 1964. Outline description of
the alphabet and grammar of a dialect of Wik-Munkan,
spoken at Coen, North Queensland. Occasional Papers in
Aboriginal Studies, Canberra. no. 2: 49-65.