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Tabular Representation of the Sounds of Malayalam.

 

Consonants

 

	Lip with		Teeth with	Upper Gums with			Palate			Glottal Region
	Teeth	Lip	Blade	Fore Blade	Tip	After Blade	Front	Mid- dle	Back
Plosives		p, b	t, d	s, z	t		kʲ,c	ṭ, ḍ	k, ɡ
Affricates						c͡ʃ, ɟ͡ʒ
Nasals		m		n	n	ɲ		ṇ	ŋ
Laterals					l			ḷ
Trilled					r			r
Fricatives	f,v	F,ʋ	θ,ð		ʃ,ʒ	j		ʃ̣, ɹ̣	x, ǥ	h, ɦ

 

Vowels

 

	Front	Central or Mixed	Back
Close	i		ɯ, u
Half-close	e	ə	o
Half-open	ɛ, æ		ʌ, ɔ
Open		a	ɑ