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Use base consonants only
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Plosive
 pʰ b         tʰ d             kʰ ɡ    
 
 
 
 
  
 
Affricates
                 tʃ dʒ                
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m           n                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
               *ɾ                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
 ɸ           s   ʃ           x                  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
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Central
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Close
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Mid
Open-mid
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Open
Selected languages: Alamblak
UPSID number: 8634
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Papuan, Sepik-Ramu
The languages has 25 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [pʰ] [b] [tʰ] [d] [kʰ] [ɡ] [s] [ʃ] [ɸ] [x] [tʃ] [dʒ] [*ɾ] [w] [j] [m] [n] [n̠] [i] [ɨ] [u] [e̞] [ə] [o̞] [ä]
Comments: Alamblak is spoken along the Wagupmeri and Karawari rivers, E. Sepik province, Papua New Guinea. Palato-alveolar consonants often arise from blending of an alveolar + preceding or following /j/. Nonsibilant fricatives are voiced between voiced segments, except when a nasal precedes. An analysis of the vowel system as containing only 3 central vowels, with front and back variants conditioned by adjacent approximants /j/, /w/ is discussed by Bruce (1984). However there are several problems with this analysis, e.g. [i] from abstract high central vowel + /j/ would be expected to palatalize a following /t/ but doesn't.
Sources: Bruce, Les. 1984. The Alamblak Language of Papua New Guinea (East Sepik). Pacific Linguistics, series C no. 81. Australian National University, Canberra.