Variety Amharic (Afro-Asiatic)

Form Concept Segments

Consonants

Pulmonic Consonants
Place → Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
↓ Manner Bilabial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Palato-
alveolar
Retroflex Alveolo-
palatal
Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal
/ Epiglottal
Glottal
Nasal m  n  ɲː
Stop b   t  tʼː d  k  kʼː g ʔ
Sibilant affricate tʃʼ tʃː  dʒː
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s   z ʃː ʃ
Non-sibilant fricative f  h
Approximant  l  j
Flap or tap
Trill r 
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative
Lateral approximant
Lateral flap
Implosive

Vowels

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back Close Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open iunrounded close front vowel ɨunrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel aunrounded open front vowel long unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

  
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ai̯ from unrounded open front to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong
 ei̯ from unrounded close-mid front to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong