Key

Linked uppercase Phoneme has a letter defined and used in Hilinqwo.
N/A Sound does not exist.
  Not used in Hilinqwo.
Unlinked lowercase Phoneme does not have a letter defined but a name is reserved.

IPA Pulmonic Consonants

Consonant pairs are voiceless/voiced.

Manner \ Place Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
Nasal M N Ŋ N/A
Stop P B T D K Q Ɣ
Sibilant fricative N/A S Z | Ʃ Ʒ N/A N/A
Non-sibilant fricative
Approximant
F V Þ Ð X
J
H
Flap/tap
Trill
fh vh R N/A H
Lateral N/A L   N/A

IPA Non-Pulmonic Consonants

These are not represented in Hilinqwo.

Affricates

Most of these, with the noteworthy exception of [] and [], do not have single-letter equivalents. Some can be transcribed into two-letter pairs.

Voiceless Voiced
Bilabial
Labiodental p̪f b̪v
Alveolar sibilant ts dz
Dental non-sibilant
Palato-alveolar
Alveolo-palatal
Retroflex ʈʂ ɖʐ
Alveolar lateral
Palatal ɟʝ
Palatal lateral cʎ̝̥ N/A
Velar kx ɡɣ
Velar lateral kʟ̝̊ ɡʟ̝
Uvular N/A

Vowels

The distinction between rounded and unrounded vowels is largely irrelevant in Hilinqwo.

Central vowels, with the exception of schwa, are generally discarded.

Height \ Position Front Rear
Close I U
Close-middle E O
Open-middle Æ Œ
Open A