Barua (baru1267-1)

Lloyd, Joy; Healey, Alan. Barua phonemes: a problem in interpretation. 1970. sil16:11447

Consonants (14)

p ⁿb	t ⁿd		k ⁿg	ʔ
m	n		ŋ
		j	w
	l
	ɾ

Vowels (7)

(i)		(u)
	ə	oː
ɛː		ʌ
	aː

Diphthongs (7)

i̯aː i̯ʌ		ui̯
		oːi̯
ɛːi̯		ʌi̯
	aːi̯

Notes

The high vowels /i u/ are in complimentary distribution with /jə wə/ except after /t d/.

Allophonic rules

p > pː / word-initially
p > β / following vowels
t > tː / word-initially
t > ð / following vowels
t·j > ʒ / after vowels
ⁿd > ⁿd̪͆ / i_
ⁿd·j > ⁿʒ / after vowels
k > kː / word-initially
k > ɣ / following vowels
ʔ·p > pː
ʔ·t > tː
ʔ·k > kː
n > n̪͆ / i_
j > ʃ / t_ not after vowels
j > ʒ / ⁿd_ not after vowels
ɾ > ȴ / _i _j
aː > a / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɛː > ɛ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ə > ɪ / complicated conditioning factors involving adjacency to semivowels
ə > ʊ / complicated conditioning factors involving adjacency to semivowels
oː > o / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
i > j / in vowel clusters