Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | · | kɡ | · | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | · | · | ʀ | · | |||||||
| Fricative | ɸβ | sz | ʃ | ç | · | · | ʕ | |||||||
| Affricate | · | ts | tʃ | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near-close | ɪʏ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | ø | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Near-open | · | ɐ | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
C(G)V(L)In standard pronunciation, Phueropä does not exhibit any fixed phonological alternations. Minor phonetic adjustments may occur in natural speech depending on the phonetic environment, but pronunciation should remain sufficiently clear to avoid creating grammatical ambiguity.