Sazai language

Sazai
Sasai
Päl Sasäï
Pronunciation	/pɑl sasɑɪ/
Ethnicity	Sazaian
Language family	Mablani Zofzafian Sazaian Sazai
Writing system	Sazai Script

Sazai is a Mablani language located on the west coast of Mablagia.

Phonology

Sazai phonology is as follows, with romanization in parenthesis.

Bilabial

Labio- dental

Dental

Alveolar

Post- Alveolar

Palatal

Labio- velar

Velar

Glottal

Nasal

m (m)

n (n)

ŋ (ń)

Plosive

p (p)

b (b)

t (t)

d (d)

k (k) kʲ (k')

Fricative

f (f) fʲ (f')

v (v) vʲ (v')

θ (þ)

ð (ð)

s (s) sʲ (s')

z (z) zʲ (z')

ʃ (š)

ɣ (g)

h (h)

Lateral approximant

l (l) lʲ (l')

Approximant

j (j)

ʍ (ẃ)

w (w) wʲ (w')

	Front		Near- front		Central		Back
Close	i (i) ĩ (ĩ)	y (ü) ỹ (ü̃)						u (u) ũ (ũ)
Near-close			ɪ (ï) ɪ̃ (ï̃)
Close-mid	e (e) ẽ (ẽ)							o (o) õ (õ)
Mid					ə (ă) ə̃ (ẵ)
Open-mid	ɛ (é) ɛ̃ (é̃)						ʌ (ó) ʌ̃ (ó̃)
Near-open					ɐ (â) ɐ̃ (ẫ)
Open	a (a) ã (ã)						ɑ (ä) ɑ̃ (ä̃)