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| '''w''' /ʋ/
|colspan="2"| '''r''' /ɹ~ɻ/
|colspan="2"| '''r''' /ɹ~ɻ/
| '''j''' /j/
| '''j''' /j/
| '''w''' /w/
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! | <small>lateral</small>
! | <small>lateral</small>

Revision as of 22:41, 11 July 2016

Numbers

Phonology

Based on Australian/Tamil.

Consonants

Nalupitipulan consonants
  Labial Dental/Alv. Retroflex Palatal Velar
Nasal m /m/ n /n̪/ /ɳ/ nj /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive p /p/ t /t̪/ /ʈ/ z /c~tɕ/ k /k/
Trill rr /r/ /ɽ/
Approximant central w /ʋ/ r /ɹ~ɻ/ j /j/
lateral l /l̪/ /ɭ/ lj /ʎ/

Vowels

  Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ ih /iː/ u /u/ uh /uː/
Open a /a/ ah /aː/

There are two diphthongs, /ai au/ (written ei au).

Grammar