Phonology
Mapos Buang has a larger sound inventory than is typical of most Austronesian languages. Notable is the existence of a phonemic contrast between a velar nasal and a uvular nasal, which is extremely rare among the world's languages. Along with this, its phonology is unusually symmetrical compared to most other languages. Vowels • is a prominent feature of Buang phonology, but is not contrastive. Thus both it and are represented with . Vowel length is shown in the orthography by doubling the letter. Consonants • is a bilabial approximant or semivowel with no co-articulated velar component. It is placed in the labio-velar series of the chart as it fills a gap in this position. is a voiced bilabial fricative. Orthography is the same as in the IPA when nothing is shown. ==References==