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This article provides an overview of the phonology (''yāṃstarlā'') of [[Chlouvānem]], particularly of the general pronunciation used today in official contexts (Standard Chlouvānem), but with looks on the reconstructed pronunciation of the Classical Era (Classical Chlouvānem) and on the main regional variants (mainly Jade Coastal, Eastern Plain, Northern Plain, Southern Far Eastern, Northern Far Eastern).

While the large phonemic inventory, both for vowels and consonants, leaves little space to allophonic variations, much greater is the amount of diatopic variation in the realization of the single phonemes.
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Abbreviations for local variants used in the article:
: ''Std.'' — Standard
: ''Cam.'' — Camīyi (Northern Far Eastern)
: ''Hln.'' — Hālyanēṃṣi (Southern)
: ''Hiy.'' — Hilyamāmi (Eastern Plain, northern Nīmbaṇḍhāra Delta)
: ''Ilē.'' – Ilēnimarti (Inland Jade Coastal)
: ''Jrk.'' — Jāryakūraṇi (Jade Coastal, eastern Nanašīrami)
: ''Klš.'' — Kælšamīṇṭi (Southern)
: ''Līkh.'' – Līlekhaite (Southern Far Eastern)
: ''Līl.'' — Līlasuṃghāṇi (Jade Coastal)
: ''Līt.'' — Līlti (Jade Coastal)
: ''Lkn.'' — Līlikanāni (Southern Far Eastern)
: ''Lṭh.'' — Līṭhalyināmi (Jade Coastal)
: ''Ltṣ.'' — Lāltaṣveyi (Eastern Plain, southern Nīmbaṇḍhāra Delta)
: ''Mam.'' — Mamaikali (Northern Plain)
: ''Nlk.'' — Nalkahīrṣi (Coastal Southwest)
: ''Nyk.'' — Nyamukumi (Far West)
: ''Pmh.'' — Pamahīnēni (Inland Southern)
: ''Tlš.'' — Tālišulkhāni (Western Plain)
: ''Tmṣ.'' — Tumyāṣrālami (Eastern Plain)
: ''Ytc.'' — Yotachušeyi (Northeastern)