Ater

Phonology

Orthography

Majuscule forms (uppercase or capital letters)

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Ä

Ö

Ü

Å

Minuscule forms (lowercase or small letters)

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

ä

ö

ü

å

Consonants

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Palato-alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n̪	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t̪		k
	voiced	b	d̪		g
Fricative	voiceless	f		s ʃ ɕ		h
	voiced	v	ð	z ʑ	ʁ
Affricate	voiceless			t͡s t͡ɕ
	voiced			d͡z d͡ʑ
Approximant				j	ʍ~w
Lateral approximant				l ʎ

Vowels

Long vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i /iː/ y /yː/	u /ʉː/
Close-mid	e /eː~æː/ ö /øː/		å /oː/
Open-mid	ä /ɛː/		ü /ɔː/
Open	o /uː/		a /ɑː/

Short vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i /ɪ/ y /ʏ/
Close-mid		u /ɵ~ə/
Open-mid	e, ä /ɛ~æ/ ö /œ/		o, å /ɔ/ ü /ʌ/
Near-open		-r /ɐ/
Open	a /a/

Diphthongs

ai /ɑɪ̯/	au /æʉ/	ei /æɪ~ɛɪ/	oi /ɔʏ/	öi /øʏ/

Syntax