This article describes the phonology of Standard Arve, based on the Raston dialect.

Consonants:

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Uvular	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d	ts	ʈʂ	c ɟ	k g			ʔ
Fricative			s	ʂ	ç	x	xʷ	χ	(h)
Liquid	v		l		j		w	ʀ
Rhotic			r̥ r

The glottal stop is limited in distribution, appearing only at morpheme boundaries.

While /x/ and /h/ have different spellings and diachronic sources, they never contrast: /x/ can only appear word-medially, and /h/ can only appear word-initially (where it is excrescent and unwritten) and word-finally. /x/ comes from Written Arve x, which could not appear word-initially; /h/ comes from Writtend Arve d g when word-final, as well as from x in that position.

Vowels:

	Front	Frönt	Back	Båck	F. dəph.	F. döph.	B. dəph.
High	i	y		u	iə	yə	uə
Mɪd	e	ø	ʊ		eə	øə
Diph	ʌi	œy	ʊi	ɔu		ɛu
Mid	ɛ	ɞ	ʌ	ɔ
Low			a				ɒə

The contrast between øə and ɛu is minimal: besides dialectal borrowings and irregular developments which may or may not exist (todo), they only contrast before final -h, and there only in the pair steug /çɛuh/ vs. skävd /çøəh/. In general, øə appears before coronals and uvulars, and ɛu otherwise.

High and mid vowels do not contrast with centering diphthongs before uvulars. /ɞ ʌ ʊ/ do not contrast with /ʌi œy ʊi/ before palatals.

Vowel reduction:
TODO.

The Raston standard has three unstressed vowels: /ɐ ɪ ʊ/.

Stress placement.