Variety Maɣdi (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 q
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative ʃ
Non-sibilant fricative f v ɣ
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 yrounded close front vowel iunrounded close front vowel long unrounded close front vowel unrounded close front with-high_tone vowel unrounded close front with-falling_tone vowel urounded close back vowel long rounded close back vowel rounded close back with-low_tone vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel long unrounded close-mid front vowel rounded close-mid back with-falling_tone vowel orounded close-mid back vowel long rounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛ̀unrounded open-mid front with-low_tone vowel ɛ́unrounded open-mid front with-high_tone vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel ɔːlong rounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel long unrounded open front vowel a̰ːlong creaky unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

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