Editing Sedang language (section)

==Phonology==

===Consonants===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! colspan=2|
! [[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! [[glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! colspan=2| [[Nasal stop|Nasal]]
| {{IPAlink|m}}
| {{IPAlink|n}}
| {{IPAlink|ɲ}}
| {{IPAlink|ŋ}}
|
|-
! rowspan=3| [[Plosive]]
! <small>[[Unaspirated consonant|unaspirated]]</small>
| {{IPAlink|p}}
| {{IPAlink|t}}
| {{IPAlink|tɕ}}
| {{IPAlink|k}}
| {{IPAlink|ʔ}}
|-
! <small>[[Aspirated consonant|aspirated]]</small>
| {{IPA link|pʰ}}
| {{IPA link|tʰ}}
| {{IPA link|tɕʰ}}
| {{IPA link|kʰ}}
|
|-
! <small>[[Prenasalized consonant|prenasalized]]</small>
| {{IPA link|ᵐb}}
| {{IPA link|ⁿd}}
| {{IPA link|ᶮdʑ}}
| {{IPA link|ᵑɡ}}
|
|-
! rowspan=2| [[Fricative]]
! <small>[[Voiceless consonant|voiceless]]</small>
| {{IPAlink|f}}
| {{IPAlink|s}}
|
| {{IPAlink|x}}
| {{IPAlink|h}}
|-
! <small>[[Voiced consonant|voiced]]</small>
| {{IPAlink|v}}
| {{IPAlink|z}}
|
| {{IPAlink|ɣ}}
|
|-
! colspan=2| [[Approximant]]
| {{IPAlink|w}}
| {{IPAlink|l}}
| {{IPAlink|j}}
|
|
|}

===Vowels===
Sedang itself has 24 pure vowels: 7 vowel qualities, all of which may be plain ([a]), [[nasal vowel|nasalized]] ([ã]), and [[creaky voice|creaky]] ([a̰]) and three of which /i a o/ may be both nasal and creaky ([ã̰]). While it does not have the length distinctions of other North Bahnaric languages, it has more [[diphthong]]s, between 33 and 55 vowel sounds all together. (The above set yields 50.) Sedang is thus sometimes claimed to have the largest vowel inventory in the world. However, other Bahnaric languages have more vowel qualities (Bahnar, for example, has 9) in addition to phonemic vowel length so the language with the record depends closely on how the languages are described and distinct vowels are defined.
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
|-
!
! [[Front vowel|Front]]
! [[Central vowel|Central]]
! [[Back vowel|Back]]
|-
! [[Close vowel|High]]
| {{IPAlink|i}}
|
| {{IPAlink|u}}
|-
! [[Close-mid vowel|Upper Mid]]
| {{IPAlink|e}}
|
| {{IPAlink|o}}
|-
! [[Open-mid vowel|Lower Mid]]
| {{IPAlink|ɛ}}
|
| {{IPAlink|ɔ}}
|-
! [[Open vowel|Low]]
|
| {{IPAlink|a}}
|
|}

==== Diphthongs ====
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|+<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Kenneth D. |title=Phonology and Syntax of Sedang, A Vietnam Mon-Khmer Language |date=1975 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |pages=62–64}}</ref>
|-
!
! Front Glide
! Central Glide
! Back Glide
|-
! /i/ Nucleus
| {{IPA|iɛ̯}}, {{IPA|ḭɛ̯}}
| {{IPA|iə̯}}, {{IPA|ḭə̯}}, {{IPA|ĩə̯̃}}, {{IPA|ḭ̃ə̯̃}}
| {{IPA|io̯}}, {{IPA|ĩõ̯}}
|-
! /u/ Nucleus
|
| {{IPA|uə̯}}, {{IPA|ṵə̯}}, {{IPA|ũə̯̃}}, {{IPA|ṵ̃ə̯̃}}
| {{IPA|uo̯}}, {{IPA|ṵo̯}}
|-
! /e/ Nucleus
|
| {{IPA|eə̯}}, {{IPA|ḛə̯}}, {{IPA|ẽə̯̃}}, {{IPA|ḛ̃ə̯̃}}
| {{IPA|eo̯}}, {{IPA|ḛo̯}}, {{IPA|ḛ̃o̯}}
|-
! /o/ Nucleus
| {{IPA|oɛ̯}}, {{IPA|o̰ɛ̯}}
| {{IPA|oə̯}}, {{IPA|o̰ə̯}}, {{IPA|õə̯̃}}
|
|}