Mabri

Writing System

The writing system of mabri is logosyllabic (i. e., it is both logographic and syllabic). Each syllable represents a distinct morpheme and is uniquely written with a grapheme.

Sounds

Phoneme Inventory

Consonants

This is the consonantal system of Mabri using symbols from IPA. They are generally transcribed as pronounced. When the transcription differs, the written form is shown in <angle brackets>.

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Labiovelar	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m			n
Plosive	p b			t d			k g
Affricate					ʧ <ch> ʤ <dj>
Fricative		f v		s z	ʃ <sh> ʒ <j>			h
Approximant			w			j <y>
Tap				ɾ <r>
Lat. Approx.				l

Vowels

Mabri has five phonemic vowels, transcribed as a, e, i, o, and u. In an unstressed position, their phonetic realizations are respectively /ɐ e i o u/. When stressed, at the end of verbs, they are nasalized: /ɐ̃ ẽ ĩ õ ũ/. When stressed, elsewhere, they are pronounced as follows: /a ɛ e i ɔ u/.

Transcription	Stressed (non-V)	Unstressed	Stressed (V)
a	a	ɐ	ɐ̃
e	ɛ	e	ẽ
i	i	i	ĩ
o	ɔ	o	õ
u	u	u	ũ