Variety Nama (Khoe-Kwadi)

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
Sibilant affricate tsʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s
Non-sibilant fricative x  h
Approximant
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 eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel long unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

          
Other segments
 ǂ voiceless palatal click consonant
 ǃ voiceless alveolar click consonant
 ǁ voiceless alveolar lateral click consonant
 ǀ voiceless dental click consonant
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 gǃ voiced alveolar click consonant
 ǃⁿ with-nasal-release voiceless alveolar click consonant
 ǂʰ aspirated voiceless palatal click consonant
 ǃxʰ from voiceless alveolar click to aspirated voiceless velar fricative cluster
 ǃʰ aspirated voiceless alveolar click consonant
 ǀʰ aspirated voiceless dental click consonant