Xanian/Phonology
< Xanian
This appendix describes the phonological system of the Xanian language.
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labio- dental |
Dental | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Stop | t | d | k | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | tʃ | dʒ | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | h | ||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | ||||||||||||||
Vowels
| Front | Near-front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | [i] | [u] | ||
| Near-close | [ɪ] | |||
| Close-mid | [ɵ] | |||
| Mid | [e] | [o] | ||
| Near-open | [ɐ] | |||
| Open | [a] | [ɑ] |