View source for Angaran/Proto-Almean

== Phonology ==

=== Consonants ===
{| style="text-align:center;"
|- style="text-align:center; font-size:smaller;"
| style="min-width: 60px;" | 
| style="min-width: 60px;" | '''Bilabial'''
| style="min-width: 60px;" | '''Alveolar'''
| style="min-width: 60px;" | '''Palato-alveolar'''
| style="min-width: 60px;" | '''Palatal'''
| style="min-width: 60px;" | '''Velar'''
| style="min-width: 60px;" | '''Labiovelar'''
|- style="font-size:120%;"
| style="text-align:right; font-size:69.4%;" | '''Nasal'''
| m̥&ensp;m
| n̥&ensp;n
|
|
| ŋ
|
|- style="font-size:120%;"
| style="text-align:right; font-size:69.4%;" | '''Stop'''
| p&ensp;b
| t&ensp;d
|
| c
| k&ensp;g
|
|- style="font-size:120%;"
| style="text-align:right; font-size:69.4%;" | '''Fricative'''
| ɸ
| s
| ʃ&ensp;ʒ
| 
| x
|
|- style="font-size:120%;"
| style="text-align:right; font-size:69.4%;" | '''Approximant'''
| 
| ɹ
| 
| j
| ɰ
| w
|}

=== Vowels ===
{| class="IPA" cellspacing="0px" cellpadding="0" style="text-align:center; background:none;"
|- style="text-align:center; font-size:smaller;"
|style="padding-bottom:3px;"| &nbsp;
| style="width: 60px;" | '''Front'''
| style="width: 60px; word-spacing: -.3em;" | '''Near- front'''
| style="width: 60px;" | '''Central'''
| style="width: 60px;word-spacing: -.3em;" | '''Near- back'''
| style="width: 60px;" | '''Back'''
|-
| style="height: 30px; font-size: smaller; text-align: right;" | '''Close'''
| style="height: 210px;" colspan=5 rowspan=7 | <div style="position: relative;">[[File:Blank vowel trapezoid.svg|300px|link=]]<div style="background:none; position:absolute; top:0; left:0;">
{| style="position:relative; width:300px; height:210px; text-align:center; background:none;"
|-
| style="width:300px; height:210px; text-align:center; background:none; font-size:120%;"|

<!-- CLOSE VOWELS -->
<div style="position: absolute; left: 5%; width: 2.3em; top: 2%; background: white;">i</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 43%; width: 3.1em; top: 2%; background: white;">ɨ</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 85%; width: 2.3em; top: 2%; background: white;">u</div>

<!-- NEAR-CLOSE VOWELS -->
<div style="position: absolute; left: 28%; width: 2.33em; top: 17%; background: white;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 44%; width: 4em; top: 17%; background: white;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 74%; width: 1.5em; top: 17%; background: white;"></div>

<!-- CLOSE-MID VOWELS -->
<div style="position: absolute; left: 16%; width: 2.7em; top: 30%; background: white;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 50%; width: 2.7em; top: 30%; background: white;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 84%; width: 2.7em; top: 30%; background: white;"></div>

<!-- MID VOWELS -->
<div style="position: absolute; left: 24%; width: 2.7em; top: 44%; background: white;">e</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 57%; width: 1em; top: 44%; background: white;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 83%; width: 2.7em; top: 44%; background: white;">o</div>

<!-- OPEN-MID VOWELS -->
<div style="position: absolute; left: 30%; width: 3em; top: 58%; background: white;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 57%; width: 2.7em; top: 58%; background: white;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 83%; width: 2.7em; top: 58%; background: white;"></div>

<!-- NEAR-OPEN VOWELS -->
<div style="position: absolute; left: 37%; width: 1.3em; top: 73%;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 64%; width: 1em; top: 73%; background: white;"></div>

<!-- OPEN VOWELS -->
<div style="position: absolute; left: 44%; width: 3em; top: 86%; background: white;">a</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 68%; width: 1em; top: 86%; background: white;"></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 85%; width: 2em; top: 86%; background: white;"></div>
|}
</div></div>
|-
| style="height: 30px; font-size: smaller; text-align: right;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;'''Near-close'''
|-
| style="height: 30px; font-size: smaller; text-align: right;" | '''Close-mid'''
|-
| style="height: 30px; font-size: smaller; text-align: right;" | '''Mid'''
|-
| style="height: 30px; font-size: smaller; text-align: right;" | '''Open-mid'''
|-
| style="height: 30px; font-size: smaller; text-align: right;" | '''Near-open'''
|-
| style="height: 30px; font-size: smaller; text-align: right;" | '''Open'''
|}
<div style="font-size: smaller; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0.33em"></div>

=== Spelling ===

{| style="text-align:center;"
|-
! style="min-width: 30px;" | b
! style="min-width: 30px;" | c
! style="min-width: 30px;" | d
! style="min-width: 30px;" | g
! style="min-width: 30px;" | j
! style="min-width: 30px;" | k
! style="min-width: 30px;" | m
! style="min-width: 30px;" | m̥
! style="min-width: 30px;" | n
! style="min-width: 30px;" | n̥
! style="min-width: 30px;" | p
! style="min-width: 30px;" | s
! style="min-width: 30px;" | t
! style="min-width: 30px;" | w
! style="min-width: 30px;" | x
! style="min-width: 30px;" | ŋ
! style="min-width: 30px;" | ɰ
! style="min-width: 30px;" | ɸ
! style="min-width: 30px;" | ɹ
! style="min-width: 30px;" | ʃ
! style="min-width: 30px;" | ʒ
|-
| b
| ky
| d
| g
| y
| k
| m
| mh
| n
| nh
| p
| s
| t
| w
| kh
| ng
| gh
| f
| r
| sh
| zh
|}


{| style="text-align:center;"
!
! style="min-width: 30px;" | a
! style="min-width: 30px;" | ɨ
! style="min-width: 30px;" | e
! style="min-width: 30px;" | i
! style="min-width: 30px;" | o
! style="min-width: 30px;" | u
|-
! <small>[-str]</small>
| a
| ü
| e
| i
| o
| u
|-
! <small>[+str]</small>
| á
| ǘ
| é
| í
| ó
| ú
|}