Tsonboran

Consonants

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasals	m	n		ŋ	ɴ
Voiceless plosivs	p	t	ts	k	q	ʔ
Voiced plosivs	b	d
Voiceless fricativs	f	θ	s	x	χ	h
Voiced fricativs	v	ð	z
Approximants		l	r	j     w

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Hi	i, y		u
Mid	e	ə	o
Lo	a~ɑ

Development from Proto-Persian'

• intervocalic stop lenition
  • b d → v ð
  • p t k q → b d g ʁ
• loss of aspiration
  • ʰp ʰt ʰk ʰq → p t k q
  • pʰ tʰ kʰ qʰ → f θ x χ
• high vowels
  • ɪ ʊ → i u
  • ɪː ʊː → əj əw
  • ɪj ʊj → iː uj
  • ɪw ʊw → iw u
• umlaut
  • i → y / _Cu
• loss of difthongs in _w
  • iw → yː
  • ew → eː, sometimes → øː → joː
  • æw → æː
  • ow → uː
• æː ɒː → oː (both)
• ʁ → ð or null
• final plosivs lost
• palatalization
  • k ɡ x → ts z s before front vowels & /j/
  • tj → ts
• …