Phonetics
Vowels
Alur has 9 vowels.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a |
Note that all the vowels are paired except for /a/. Though all nine vowels are phonemic, each pair of vowels is represented by a single letter in the orthography:
/u/ and /ʊ/ are represented by 'u'.
/o/ and /ɔ/ are represented by 'o'.
/i/ and /ɪ/ are represented by 'i'.
/e/ and /ɛ/ are represented by 'e'.
Consonants
Alur has 23 consonants.
| Labial | Labio-dental | Inderdental | Alveolar | Palato-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||||
| Plosive | p b | t̟ d̟ | t d | k ɡ | |||||
| Fricative | f v | s z | h | ||||||
| Affricate | tʃ dʒ | ||||||||
| Trill | r | ||||||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ||||||
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