Oburax

Consonants

	s	sʲ	ʃ
p	t̪	tʲ	k
w- -b-	d̪	j- -dʲ-	-g-
mb	nd̪	ndʲ	ŋg
m	n̪	nʲ
	l	lʲ	r

The somewhat backwards distribution of initial glides vs. medial voiced stops originates in that the voiced stops (except /d/) originate from medial voicing of voiceless stops; modern medial voiceless stops come from former consonant clusters of sibilant+stop.

/w-/ does not occur before difthongs ending in /w/.

Vowels

i		ɯ	u
e	ø
æ		ɑ	ɔ~ɒ

Vowels are long in an initial syllable, except before a consonant cluster.

There are also the difthongs /ie iø iu eu au ou/. Before a consonant other than a velar or /ʃ/, /iu/ is realized as [y(ː)]. Distribution of the /iV/ difthongs and /ou/ is somewhat limited: they may only occur in monosyllables.

The Biru dialect has added a stop at the end of monosyllabic words ending in a high vowel, if no coda otherwise exists:

• /i/ → /idʲ/
• /ɯ/ → /ɯg/
• /u iu eu au ou/ → /ub ib eb ab ob/

Roots are either of the form (C)V(C) or (C)VC{ə, ɨ}C. In bisyllabic roots, the V2 arkiphonemes become /i e/ near palatals, and remain approximately [ɯ ə] otherwise; also, the coda must be either an obstruent or a liquid.

Semicompatible dump

/pil/ /sʲin/ /wik/ /ŋgip/ /rinʲəs/ /iu/

/dek/ /dek-s/ /derəm/ /tʲeŋg/ /weʔ/ /keŋg/ /neʃ/ /jek/ /sedʲət/

(↓ to process)

/tøŋ/ /søp/ /køt/ /møtət/

/tʃarp/ /barət/ /fan/ /fand/ /lak/ /ʔat/ /kaf/ /samb/

/sɨ/ /gɨr/ /fɨw/ /tʃɨt/ /lɨp/

/buk/ /duŋ/ /muŋ/ /sum/ /sut/ /sutək/ /wus/ [wos] /tʃu(w)/ /puʔ/ /rul/

/bæm/ /fæk/ /wæl/ /ʔæʔ/