Gaufian

Phonology

Consonants

Gaufian consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		/m/	/n/	/ɲ/	/ŋ/
Plosive	plain	/p/	/t/	/c/	/k/	/ʔ/
	aspirated	/pʰ/	/tʰ/	/cʰ/	/kʰ/
	voiced	/b/	/d/	/ɟ/	/g/
Affricate	plain		/ts/	/t͡ʃ/
	aspirated		/tsʰ/	/t͡ʃʰ/
Fricative	plain	/f/	/s/	/ʃ/		/h/
	voiced	/v/	/z/	/ʒ/
Approximant	central			/j/
	lateral		/l/	/ʎ/

Vowels

Gaufian monophthongs

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /i/	ii /iː/			u /u/	uu /uː/
Near-close	ė /ɪ/	ėė /ɪː/			ȯ /ʊ/	ȯȯ /ʊː/
Mid	e /e/	ee /eː/	õ /ɤ/	õ /ɤː/	o /o/	oo /oː/
Open	ä /æ/	ää /æ/			a /ɑ/	aa /ɑː/

Tones

Lexical pitch accent is used on long vowels:

• high: āa
• low: aa
• broken: âa

Allowed syllables: CV, CVN, CVh, CV'/CV-sokuon