Appendix:Nelvayu pronunciation

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The Nelvayu language has 14 consonants, 5 vowels, and 1 glide.

Standard Romanization

Letter	IPA	English example	Notes
a
b	b	bad
d	d	dog
e	e	bait
g	ɡ	good
h	h	ham
i	i	machine
k	k	skill
l	l	left
m	m	man
n	n	no
o
r
s	s	see
sh	ʃ	sheep
t	t	stop
u	u	rude
v	v	voice
y	j	yawn
z	z	zoo

Notes:

• Geminate consonants are written in the romanization by doubling the letter.

Phonetics

Consonants

		Labial	Coronal	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n
Plosive	voiceless		t		k
	voiced	b	d		g
Fricative	voiceless		s	sh [ʃ]		h
	voiced	v	z
Approximant			l	y [j]
			r

Vowels

Nelvayu has 5 vowels:

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

Stress

Most Nelvayu words are stressed on either the antepenultimate or the penultimate syllable.