Old Swuntsim
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Based on Australian/Tamil.
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Click | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | nh /n̪/ | n /n/ | rn /ɳ/ | ny /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | n!x /ŋ!/ | ||
| Plosive | plain | p /p/ | th /t̪/ | t /t/ | rt /ʈ/ | tj /c/ | k /k/ | q /q/ | !x /k!/ |
| voiced | b /b/ | dh /d̪/ | d /d/ | rd /ɖ/ | dj /ɟ/ | g /g/ | ɢ /ɢ/ | g!x /g!/ | |
| Trill | rr /r/ | ʀ /ʀ/ | |||||||
| Approximant | central | r /ɹ~ɻ/ | y /j/ | w /w/ | |||||
| lateral | l /l/ | rl /ɭ/ | ly /ʎ/ | lg /ʟ/ | |||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /i/ | ii /iː/ | u /u/ | uu /uː/ | ||
| Mid | e /e/ | ee /eː/ | o /o/ | oo /oː/ | ||
| Open | a /a/ | aa /aː/ | ||||
Diphthongs: ai au /ai au/