Gaufian
Phonology
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
| 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
- low: aa
- broken: âa
Allowed syllables: CV, CVN, CVh, CV'/CV-sokuon