Gaufian

Phonology

Consonants

Gaufian consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/	ņ /ɲ/	ŋ /ŋ/
Plosive	plain	p /p/	t /t/	ț /c/	k /k/	ʼ /ʔ/
	aspirated	ph /pʰ/	th /tʰ/	țh /cʰ/	kh /kʰ/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/	ḑ /ɟ/	g /g/
Affricate	plain		c /ts/	č /tʃ/
	aspirated		ch /tsʰ/	čh /tʃʰ/
	voiced		ʒ /dz/	ǯ /dʒ/
Fricative	plain	f /f/	s /s/	š /ʃ/		h /h/
	voiced	v /v/	z /z/	ž /ʒ/
Approximant	central			j /j/
	lateral		l /l/	ļ /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/	õõ /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
• falling: aa
• broken: âa

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