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 |