Karkar-Yuri (kark1258-1)

Price, Dorothy. Some Karkar-Yuri orthography and spelling decisions. 1987. sil16:22197

Consonants (23)

p pː ⁿb	pʷ ⁿbʷ	t ⁿd			k kː ⁿg	kʷ ⁿgʷ
f	fʷ	s					(χ)
m	mʷ	n
				j		w		(h)
			ɽ

Vowels (10)

i	ɨ	u
e	ə	o
ɛ		ʌ ɔ
	a

Diphthongs (1)

ɒɔ̯

Notes

/r/ seems to be missing from the list of consonants.

/χ h/ occur in sound-symbolic words.

Allophonic rules

p > β / word-medially
ⁿb > m / _#
ⁿb > ⁿp / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
pʷ > βʷ / word-medially
ⁿd > n / _#
ⁿd > ⁿt / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
k > ɣ / word-medially
k >~ x / _# (ʔ)
ⁿg > ŋ / _#
ⁿg > ⁿk / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
kʷ > ɣʷ / word-medially
f > β / word-medially except in names
ɽ > r / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
a > ɒ / {w Cʷ}_{C[labial] C[velar]}
a > ɑ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
a > ɒ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɛ > ɛi̯ / _# (?)
ɛ > ae̯ / _# (?)
ɛ > ɛi̯ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɛ > ae̯ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
e > ei̯ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
o > ou̯ / _#
i > ɪ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)