Language Mbya

Coordinates WGS8426°01'S, 52°43'W
-26.02, -52.71
Concept Portuguese Orthographic form Tokens Simple Cognate Partial Cognate Morphemes
Pulmonic Consonants
Place → Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
↓ Manner Bilabial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Palato-
alveolar
Retroflex Alveolo-
palatal
Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal
/ Epiglottal
Glottal
Nasal mʷ m n ɲ ŋʷ ŋ
Stop p b b t d d kʷ k g gʷ ʔ
Sibilant affricate tʃ dʒ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s ʃ ʒ
Non-sibilant fricative β v h
Approximant j̃ j
Flap or tap ɾ
Trill r
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative
Lateral approximant
Lateral flap
Implosive
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back Close Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open iunrounded close front vowel ĩnasalized unrounded close front vowel ɨunrounded close central vowel ɨ̃nasalized unrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel ũnasalized rounded close back vowel éunrounded close-mid front with-high_tone vowel ẽnasalized unrounded close-mid front vowel eːlong unrounded close-mid front vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel õnasalized rounded close-mid back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel áunrounded open front with-high_tone vowel ãnasalized unrounded open front vowel aunrounded open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel
Vowels
Other phonemes
oa from rounded close-mid back to unrounded open front diphthong
w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
iɨ from unrounded close front to unrounded close central diphthong
eẽ from unrounded close-mid front to nasalized unrounded close-mid front diphthong
ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
aɨ̃ from unrounded open front to nasalized unrounded close central diphthong
ie from unrounded close front to unrounded close-mid front diphthong
ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
oi from rounded close-mid back to unrounded close front diphthong
õe from nasalized rounded close-mid back to unrounded close-mid front diphthong
ɨa from unrounded close central to unrounded open front diphthong
eĩ from unrounded close-mid front to nasalized unrounded close front diphthong
oĩ from rounded close-mid back to nasalized unrounded close front diphthong
ãi from nasalized unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
ui from rounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong
ɨĩ from unrounded close central to nasalized unrounded close front diphthong
ɨe from unrounded close central to unrounded close-mid front diphthong
ɨ̃i from nasalized unrounded close central to unrounded close front diphthong
eu from unrounded close-mid front to rounded close back diphthong
ua from rounded close back to unrounded open front diphthong
oã from rounded close-mid back to nasalized unrounded open front diphthong
ae from unrounded open front to unrounded close-mid front diphthong
uĩ from rounded close back to nasalized unrounded close front diphthong
aɨ from unrounded open front to unrounded close central diphthong
ia from unrounded close front to unrounded open front diphthong
aã from unrounded open front to nasalized unrounded open front diphthong
aĩ from unrounded open front to nasalized unrounded close front diphthong
ue from rounded close back to unrounded close-mid front diphthong
ao from unrounded open front to rounded close-mid back diphthong
ɨɨ from unrounded close central to unrounded close central diphthong
ɨi from unrounded close central to unrounded close front diphthong