Phoneme:

IPA: [ã]

[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, [ã], with the glottal stop [ʔ] in coda position. This is a closed syllable. Notice that the vowel in this token is glottalized.