Variety Dza of Kaigama (Atlantic-Congo)

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  ŋ
Stop p b t  d c k  g ʔ
Sibilant affricate tsʰ ts
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ʃ
Non-sibilant fricative ɸ f v x 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 long unrounded close front vowel yrounded close front vowel creaky unrounded close front vowel long rounded close front vowel ṵ̈centralized creaky rounded close back vowel urounded close back vowel creaky rounded close back vowel long rounded close back vowel ɪunrounded near-close near-front vowel ɪːlong unrounded near-close near-front vowel ʊːlong rounded near-close near-back vowel ʊ́rounded near-close near-back with-high_tone vowel ʊrounded near-close near-back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel creaky unrounded close-mid front vowel long unrounded close-mid front vowel øːlong rounded close-mid front vowel long rounded close-mid back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ə́unrounded mid central with-high_tone vowel ɛːlong unrounded open-mid front vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ʌunrounded open-mid back vowel ʌ̰creaky unrounded open-mid back vowel ɔːlong rounded open-mid back vowel ʌ̰́creaky unrounded open-mid back with-high_tone vowel ʌ́unrounded open-mid back with-high_tone vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel ʌ̂unrounded open-mid back with-falling_tone vowel ɐunrounded near-open central vowel ɐːlong unrounded near-open central vowel ɐ̰́creaky unrounded near-open central with-high_tone vowel aunrounded open front vowel long unrounded open front vowel a̰ːlong creaky unrounded open front vowel creaky unrounded open front vowel ɑunrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

    
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ɗ voiced dental implosive consonant
 ui from rounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong
 w̰ creaky voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 uo from rounded close back to rounded close-mid back diphthong