Pataari

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Asterisks mark sounds not fully represented with the orthography, brackets show how sounds are represented

labial dental alveolar post-alveolar palatal velar glottal
stops p

b*

t<t> d* k<k> g* (ʔ)
fricatives ɸ* β* θ<3> ð* s z* ʃ<ş> ʒ* x<x> ɣ* h[h]
nasals m<m> n<n> ŋ*
liquids r* l<l>
glides w<w> y<y>

[p t k x ʃ s l θ t͡s t͡ʃ] → [β d g ɣ ʒ z r ð d͡z d͡ʒ] In between vowels, when a consonant is before the final vowel of a word, it is often devoiced allowing possibilities like [ɸ]. After nasals and liquids [p] just becomes [b], rather than [β].

Brackets show how sounds are written, asterisks show sounds that usually only follow after velar consonants

Monophthongs of Pataari
Front Central Back
long short long short long short
Close iː[ii] ɪ[i] uː[uu]* ʊ[u]*
Mid ɛː [ee] ɛ[e] ɔː[oo] ɔ[o]
Open ɑː[aa] ɑ[a]

Dipthongs: [ei] [ɔu] [ie] and [ai] shown as <ei, ou, ie, ai>