Phoneme: ą
IPA: [ã]
ą [ã]: low back short vowel, nasalized
Word: biką’ [pɪ.kxãʔ] “male” Syllable type: CV.CVC
Description: A two syllable word. The final syllable is a velar affricate k [kx] followed by a back short nasalized low tone vowel, ą [ã], with the glottal stop [ʔ] in coda position. This is a closed syllable. Notice that the vowel in this token is glottalized.