Orowe (Ôrôê, Boewe, Neukaledonien) is an Oceanic language of New Caledonia.
Phonology The phonological inventry in Orowe contains 24 consonants and 16 vowels. There are 10 oral vowels and 6 nasal vowelsTsuji (2015:2).
The proposed orthographic symbols for each phoneme in the article are presented in angled brackets < >.
Consonants LabialLabial velarizedLabiodentalAlveolarPalatalVelarVelar labializedGlottalPlosivevoiceless<p> /p/<pw> /pʷ/<t> /t/<tj> /c/<k> /k/<kw> /kʷ/<'> /ʔ/voiced<b> /b/<bw> /bʷ/<d> /d/<dj> /ɟ/<g> /g/<gw> /gʷ/Nasal<m> /m/<mw> /mʷ/<n> /n/<ny> /ɲ/<ng> /ŋ/Fricative<v> /v/<gh> /ɣ/Approximant<w> /w/<j> /j/Liquid<rr> /r/, <r> /ɾ/
Vowels
Oral vowels FrontCentralBackClose<i> /i/<ü> /y/<u> /u/Close mid<e> /e/<ù> /ø/<o> /o/Open mid<è> /ɛ/<ë> /ǝ/<ò> /ɔ/Open<a> /a/
Nasal vowels FrontCentralBackClose<î> /ĩ/<ü̃>/ỹ/<û> /ũ/Close mid<ê> /ẽ/<ô> /õ/Open<â> /ã/
References
Bibliography
Tsuji Emiko (2015) '"Ôrôê". In Toshihide Nakayama, Noboru Yoshioka, and Kosei Otsuka, eds.. Grammatical Sketches from the field 2. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. pp.1-31.