Variety Bagirmi (Central Sudanic)

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 ⁿb t d k g
Sibilant affricate ɖʐ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ʂ
Non-sibilant fricative f v 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 iːlong unrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel uːlong rounded close back vowel eːlong unrounded close-mid front vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel e˞rhotacized unrounded close-mid front vowel e˞ːlong rhotacized unrounded close-mid front vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel o˞rhotacized rounded close-mid back vowel o˞ːlong rhotacized rounded close-mid back vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

  
Other segments
 ɠ̥ devoiced voiced velar implosive consonant
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 gb voiced velar-and-bilabial stop consonant