Yele (yele1255-1)

Henderson, James. Phonology and grammar of Yele, Papua New Guinea. 1995. sil16:49829

Consonants (20)

p		t̪ t̪p	t̠ t̠p				k		kp
	βʲ
m		n̪ n̪m		n̠ n̠m			ŋ		ŋm
						j	ɰ	w
				l̠	l̠ᵝ

Vowels (37)

i iː ĩ ĩː	ɨ ɨː (ɨ̃)	u uː ũ ũː
e eː ẽ ẽː		o oː õ õː
ɛ ɛː	ɜ ɜː ɜ̃ ɜ̃ː	ɔ ɔː
æ æː	a aː ã ãː	ɑ ɑː ɑ̃ ɑ̃ː

Notes

There are somewhere between 13 and 56 consonants, depending on analysis. We follow the source here, although it's unclear why _lv_ and _vy_ should be considered units rather than /lw wj/ clusters, or why prenasalized stops and prestopped nasals should be considered clusters rather than units.

We interpret the source's /ɣ/ as an approximant /ɰ/, since it patterns with the semivowels /j w/.

Allophonic rules

p > b / word-medially adjacent to a short vowel
t̠ > ɾ / word-medially adjacent to a short vowel
t̠ > t / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
k > g / word-medially adjacent to a short vowel
n̠ > n / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɰ > ɣ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
l̠ > l / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
l̠ᵝ > lᵝ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɜ > ə / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɜː > əː / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɜ̃ > ə̃ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɜ̃ː > ə̃ː / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ẽ > ɛ̃ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ẽː > ɛ̃ː / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
õ > ɔ̃ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
õː > ɔ̃ː / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
u > ʉ / j_ Cʲ_