Muai - Patterns - Sound Symbolism
muai fonsi hunti *

Building words is an art, here's my palette.

< A, a >
/a/
[ a, ɐ, ɑ, ɒ] < E, e >
/e/
[ e, ɛ ]
< I, i >
/i/
[ i, ɪ, j ]
< O, o >
/o/
[ o, ɔ ] < U, u >
/u/
[ u, ʊ, w ] < K, k >
/k/
[ k, g ]
< H, h >
/h/
[ h, ʁ, x, χ ]
< T, t >
/t/
[ t, d ] < S, s >
/s/
[ ʃ, s, ʒ, z ] < F, f >
/f/
[ f, v, ɸ] < P, p >
/p/
[ p, b] < M, m >
/m/
[ m ] < N, n >
/n/
[ n ] < N, n > (before consonant)
(Sandhi)
[ n, m, ɱ, ŋ ] < L, l >
/l/
[l] < Ng, ng >
/ŋ/
[ ŋ, ɲ ]
Note: use of "ng" is limited to certain phonetic environments. It's replaced by "m" in most positions.

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* :
fonsi : sound
hunti : symbol