Gaufian
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | /m/ | /n/ | /ɲ/ | /ŋ/ | ||
| Plosive | plain | /p/ | /t/ | /c/ | /k/ | /ʔ/ |
| aspirated | /pʰ/ | /tʰ/ | /cʰ/ | /kʰ/ | ||
| voiced | /b/ | /d/ | /ɟ/ | /g/ | ||
| Affricate | plain | /ts/ | /t͡ʃ/ | |||
| aspirated | /tsʰ/ | /t͡ʃʰ/ | ||||
| Fricative | plain | /f/ | /s/ | /ʃ/ | /h/ | |
| voiced | /v/ | /z/ | /ʒ/ | |||
| Approximant | central | /j/ | ||||
| lateral | /l/ | /ʎ/ | ||||
Vowels
| 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/ | õ /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
- low: aa
- broken: âa
Allowed syllables: CV, CVN, CVh, CV'/CV-sokuon