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Phonology

Consonants

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Palato-alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n̪	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t̪		k
	voiced	b	d̪		g
Fricative	voiceless	f		s ʃ ɕ		h
	voiced	v	ð	z ʑ	ʁ
Affricate	voiceless			t͡s t͡ɕ
	voiced			d͡z d͡ʑ
Approximant				j	ʍ~w
Lateral approximant				l ʎ

Vowels

Long vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i /iː/ y /yː/	u /ʉː/
Close-mid	e /eː~æː/ ö /øː/		å /oː/
Open-mid	ä /ɛː/		ü /ɔː/
Open	o /uː/		a /ɑː/

Short vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i /ɪ/ y /ʏ/
Close-mid		u /ɵ~ə/
Open-mid	e, ä /ɛ~æ/ ö /œ/		o, å /ɔ/ ü /ʌ/
Near-open		-r /ɐ/
Open	a /a/