Variety LeeLau (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 n̩ ŋ
Stop p b t tʰ d dʱ kʷ k g
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ʃ
Non-sibilant fricative f v h
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill r rː
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 yrounded close front vowel iunrounded close front vowel iːlong unrounded close front vowel îunrounded close front with-falling_tone vowel urounded close back vowel uːlong rounded close back vowel ṵcreaky rounded close back vowel ʊrounded near-close near-back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel ḛcreaky unrounded close-mid front vowel éunrounded close-mid front with-high_tone vowel eːlong unrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ə̰creaky unrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ʌunrounded open-mid back vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel a̰ːlong creaky unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

      
Other segments
 ɓ voiced bilabial implosive consonant
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ɛi from unrounded open-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ɗ voiced dental implosive consonant
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong