Form | Concept | Segments |
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Place → | Labial | Coronal | Dorsal | Laryngeal | ||||||||||||||||||||||
↓ Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Linguolabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palato- alveolar |
Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal / Epiglottal |
Glottal | |||||||||||||
Nasal | m m̩ | n n̩ | ŋ ŋ̍ | ɴ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stop | p pʰ | b | t tʰ ˀt | d | kʰ k ˀk ˀkʰ | ʔ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sibilant affricate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-sibilant affricate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sibilant fricative | sʰ s | ʃ ʃʰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-sibilant fricative | v | x | h | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | l | j | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Flap or tap | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral affricate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬʰ ɬ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral flap | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Implosive |
aːi | from long unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong |
ɨi | from unrounded close central to unrounded close front diphthong |
ai | from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong |
ui | from rounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong |
ɗ | voiced dental implosive consonant |
ou | from rounded close-mid back to rounded close back diphthong |
ei | from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong |
w | voiced labio-velar approximant consonant |
aːu | from long unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong |
ɛi | from unrounded open-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong |
uːi | from long rounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong |
ɓ | voiced bilabial implosive consonant |
əi | from unrounded mid central to unrounded close front diphthong |
iːa | from long unrounded close front to unrounded open front diphthong |