Aoma

Aoma together with Rinap form the main languages of Herookuan family deriving from the ancestral Rinapri (< ancestral language of our ancestors).

Phonology

Very similar to Rinapian ones

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m			n			ŋ
Plosive	p b			t d			k g		ʔ
Fricative		f v	θ ð	z s	ʃ ʒ		x		h
Approximant				ɹ		j
Trill				r
Lateral app.				l

Consonants k, l, m, n, p, ɹ, r, s and t all have a geminated version which are mostly found in two-syllable verb infinite forms. The double-consonants have special marks in written Mihkanor so glottal stop is indicated by writing the consonants separately. Notice: pp [p:ʰ], tt [tθ]

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i y	u
Near-Close	ɪ	ʊ
Close-Mid	e ø	o
Open-mid	ɛ œ	ʌ ɔ
Near-open	æ
Open	a	ɑ