Variety Tigrigna (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 mː n nː
Stop bː b t tʼ tʼʲ tʼː d dː k kʼ kː g gʷ q ʔ
Sibilant affricate tʃʼ tʃ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s sː z zː ʃ
Non-sibilant fricative f fː x ħ ʕ h
Approximant lː l j jː
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 ɘunrounded close-mid central vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel aunrounded 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
 ui̯ from rounded close back to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong
 əi̯ from unrounded mid central to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong