Old Swuntsim

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Based on Australian/Tamil.

Consonants

Old Swuntsim consonants
  Labial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Click
Nasal m /m/ nh /n̪/ n /n/ rn /ɳ/ ny /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/ n!x /ŋ!/
Plosive plain p /p/ th /t̪/ t /t/ rt /ʈ/ tj /c/ k /k/ q /q/ !x /k!/
voiced b /b/ dh /d̪/ d /d/ rd /ɖ/ dj /ɟ/ g /g/ ɢ /ɢ/ g!x /g!/
Trill rr /r/ ʀ /ʀ/
Approximant central r /ɹ~ɻ/ y /j/ w /w/
lateral l /l/ rl /ɭ/ ly /ʎ/ lg /ʟ/

Vowels

  Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ ii /iː/ u /u/ uu /uː/
Mid e /e/ ee /eː/ o /o/ oo /oː/
Open a /a/ aa /aː/

Diphthongs: ai au /ai au/