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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 ⁿp       t̪ ⁿt̪   t ⁿt       ʈ ⁿʈ       k ⁿk      
 
 
 
 
  
 
Nasal
   m       n̪   n       ɳ       ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
               ɾ                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
                               ɣ                
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                       ɻ   j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l       ɭ            
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Tiwi
UPSID number: 8351
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Australian, ungrouped
The languages has 26 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [ⁿp] [p] [ⁿt̪] [t̪] [ⁿt] [t] [ⁿʈ] [ʈ] [ⁿk] [k] [ɣ] [ɾ] [l] [ɭ] [w] [ɻ] [j] [m] [n̪] [n] [ɳ] [ŋ] [i] [u] [ɔ] [ä]
Comments:

Retroflex consonants (except the rhotic) do not
occur initially. Lee (1984) suggests that labialization
of consonants can be predicted from occurrence of the
vowel /o/. Other analyses have proposed distinctive
labialized bilabial and velar consonants.
Sources:

Osborne, C.R. 1974. The Tiwi Language (Australian
Aboriginal Studies 55). Australian Institute for
Aboriginal Studies, Canberra.

Lee, J.R. 1983. Tiwi Today: a study of language change in
a contact situation. Ph.D. Dissertation, Australian
National University, Canberra.

Lee, J.R. 1984. Changes in the roundedness feature in
Tiwi. Australian Linguistics Society.