Variety Ju'hoan (Kxa)

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
Stop b t  d  k   g ʔ ʔʰ
Sibilant affricate ts tʃʰ 
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s  z ʃʰ ʃ ʒ
Non-sibilant fricative  x ʕ h
Approximant l  
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 long unrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel long rounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel long unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

                         
Other segments
 ǃ voiceless alveolar click consonant
 ⁿǃ pre-nasalized voiceless alveolar click consonant
 ⁿǀ pre-nasalized voiceless dental click consonant
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ǃʰ aspirated voiceless alveolar click consonant
 ǂ voiceless palatal click consonant
 ǀ voiceless dental click consonant
 ⁿǁ pre-nasalized voiceless alveolar lateral click consonant
 gǀ voiced dental click consonant
 ǃʔ from voiceless alveolar click to voiceless glottal stop cluster
 gǃ voiced alveolar click consonant
 ǁ voiceless alveolar lateral click consonant
 ⁿǂ pre-nasalized voiceless palatal click consonant
 ⁿǀʰ pre-nasalized aspirated voiceless dental click consonant
 ǃkxʼ from voiceless alveolar click to voiceless velar ejective affricate cluster
 ui from rounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong
 gǂ voiced palatal click consonant
 gǂʰ aspirated voiced palatal click consonant
 ⁿǂh from pre-nasalized voiceless palatal click to voiceless glottal fricative cluster
 ǃxʼ from voiceless alveolar click to voiceless velar ejective fricative cluster
 ǃʔʰ from voiceless alveolar click to aspirated voiceless glottal stop cluster
 ǂʰ aspirated voiceless palatal click consonant
 gǁ voiced alveolar lateral click consonant
 ǃx from voiceless alveolar click to voiceless velar fricative cluster
 ⁿǁʰ pre-nasalized aspirated voiceless alveolar lateral click consonant
 ǀʰ aspirated voiceless dental click consonant