Oburax

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Consonants

s ʃ
k
 w-
-b-
 j-
-dʲ-
 
-g-
mb nd̪ ndʲ ŋg
m
l 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.