Variety Maasai (Nilotic)

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 ɲ ŋ
Stop p t k
Sibilant affricate tʃ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s ʃ
Non-sibilant fricative
Approximant l j jː
Flap or tap ɾ
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 iːlong unrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel uːlong rounded close back vowel ɪunrounded near-close near-front vowel ɪːlong unrounded near-close near-front vowel ʊrounded near-close near-back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel eːlong unrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɛːlong unrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel ɔːlong rounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

     
Other segments
 ɠ voiced velar implosive consonant
 ɓ voiced bilabial implosive consonant
 ɗ voiced dental implosive consonant
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ʄ voiced palatal implosive consonant
 wː long voiced labio-velar approximant consonant