Phonology

 

The phonemes of Middle Kodut (Watut) are as follows:

Grapheme Phoneme Description
a [a] open front unrounded vowel
b [b] voiced bilabial plosive
d [d] voiced alveolar plosive
z [d͡ʒ] voiced affricated post-alveolar plosive
e [e] close-mid front unrounded vowel
f [f] voiceless labiodental fricative
g [g] voiced velar plosive
i [i] close front unrounded vowel
y [j] voiced palatal approximant
k [k] voiceless velar plosive
m [m] voiced bilabial nasal
mp [ᵐp] prenasalised voiceless bilabial plosive
n [n] voiced alveolar nasal
nt [ⁿt] prenasalised voiceless alveolar plosive
nts [ⁿt͡ʃ] prenasalised voiceless affricated post-alveolar plosive
ng [ŋ] voiced velar nasal
ngk [ᵑk] prenasalised voiceless velar plosive
o [o] close-mid back rounded vowel
p [p] voiceless bilabial plosive
l or r [ɺ] voiced alveolar lateral flap
s [s] voiceless alveolar fricative
t [t] voiceless alveolar plosive
ts [t͡ʃ] voiceless affricated post-alveolar plosive
u [u] close back rounded vowel
w [w] voiced labio-velar approximant
' [ʔ] glottal plosive