Gaufian

Phonology

Consonants

Gaufian consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/		ŋ /ŋ/
Plosive	plain	p /p/	t /t/		k /k/	ʼ /ʔ/
	aspirated	ph /pʰ/	th /tʰ/		kh /kʰ/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/		g /g/
Affricate	plain		ts /ts/
	aspirated		tsh /tsʰ/
	voiced		dz /dz/
Fricative	plain	f /f/	s /s/	š /ʃ/	ch /x/	h /h/
	voiced	v /v/	z /z/	ž /ʒ/	gh /ɣ/
Approximant	central			j /j/
	lateral		l /l/

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, CVch