Kensiw (kens1248-1)

Bishop, Nancy. A preliminary description of Kensiw (Maniq) phonology. 1996. sil16:36778

Consonants (24)

p b	(t̪)	(tʰ) t d		c ɟ	(kʰ) k g	ʔ
ɸ		s			ɣ
m		n		ɲ	ŋ
			ɻ	j	w	h
		l

Vowels (26)

i ĩ	ɨ ɨ̃	u ũ
ɪ ɪ̃
e e̝ ẽ ẽ̝	ə	o o̝ õ õ̝
ɛ ɛ̃	ɚ ɜ ɜ̃	ɔ ɔ̃
	a ã

Diphthongs (2)

ie ĩẽ

Tones (2)

˥ ˧

Notes

/tʰ/ appears in one Thai borrowing. /kʰ/ appears in "a limited number of words ... the majority [of which] are Thai borrowings".

/t̪/ appears in three words.

Tone is only marginally contrastive.

Allophonic rules

b > bm / _#
d > dn / _#
ɟ > ɟɲ / _#
g > gŋ / _#
s > ʃ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɻ > ɾ / C_
l > ʎ / _$
ie > ie̝ / _ʔ
ĩẽ > ĩẽ̝ / _ʔ