Naibas
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Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | /m/ |
/n/ | /ɲ/ | /ŋ/ | ||
| Plosive | /p/ /b/ |
/t/ /d/ | /c/ /ɟ/ | /k/ /g/ | /ʔ/ | |
| Affricate | /tʃ/ | |||||
| Fricative | /f/ | /s̻/ | /s̺/ | /ʃ/ | /ʝ/ | |
| Approximant | /β/ | |||||
| Lateral | /l/ | |||||
| Rhotic | /r/ /ɾ/ |
- /ŋ/ occurs when n- is followed by -i- and another vowel (nia, nie, nio, niu)
- The glottal stop /ʔ/ occurs when a stressed diphthong precedes a stop or when a stressed syllable precedes a palatal plosive (eitto /ˈeiʔ.co/; koddi /ˈkɔʔ.ɟɪ/)
- There is distinction between the three sibilants /s̻/, /s̺/ and /ʃ/.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | /i/ [ɪ] | /u/ /ɔ/ | |
| Mid | /e/ | [ə] | [o] |
| Open | /a/ | [ɑ] |
- [ɪ], [o] and [ɑ] only occur when i, o and a are unstressed respectively. In some dialects of Naibas, [ʊ] occurs when u is unstressed.
- When e is unstressed and right before a stress, some speakers pronounce [ɪ] and some [ə].