Mabri

Writing System

The writing system of mabri is a logosyllabic (it is both logographic and syllabic), i.e., each syllable represents a distinct morpheme and is uniquely written with a grapheme.

Sounds

Phoneme Inventory

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Labiovelar	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m			n
Plosive	p b			t d			k g
Affricate					ʧ (ch) ʤ (dj)
Fricative		f v		s z	ʃ (sh) ʒ (j)			h
Approximant			w			j (y)
Tap				ɾ (r)
Lat. Approx.				l

Vowels

Mabri has five phonemic vowels, transcribed as a, e, i, o, and u. In an unstressed position, their phonetic realizations are respectively /ɐ e i o u/. When stressed, at the end of verbs, they are nasalized: /ɐ̃ ẽ ĩ õ ũ/. When stressed, elsewhere, they are pronounced as follows: /a ɛ e i ɔ u/.

Transcription	Stressed (non-V)	Unstressed	Stressed (V)
a	a	ɐ	ɐ̃
e	ɛ	e	ẽ
i	i	i	ĩ
o	ɔ	o	õ
u	u	u	ũ