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Muna language as other languages has certain phonemens. It is one of the aspects causing one language differs to others. This paper tries to explore the phonemes in Muna, a language which is used in Muna Regency, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The data was collected through participant speaking and scrutinize methods, and analyzed using apportioned methods. Muna language has 5 (five) vowels, namely /i, a, e, o, u/. These vowels can be realized in long sounds, such as [i:], [a:], [e:], [o:], and [u:]. Besides, Muna language has 15 dipthongs, namely /ai/, /au/, /ae/, /ao/, /ia/, /iu/, /ie/, /io/, /ea/, /eu/, /eo/, /oa/, /oe/, /ou/, and /oi/. Related to consonant, Muna language has 19 consonants, namely /b/, /ɓ/, /p/, /d/, /ɓ/, /t/, /g/, /ĝ/, /k/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /f/, /s/, /h/, /l/, /r/, /w/, and /y/, and 8 clusters, they are /ns/, /nt/, /nd/, /mb/, /nk/, /ƞk/, /ƞg/, and /mp/. Besides, there is not any consonant that place the final position. It means that Muna is categorized as vocalist language.