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Vowels

There are at least the following vowels:

i

• mi ‘go’

e

• kle ‘burp’

ɛ

• pɛrɛ ‘biscuits’

a

• ba winyo? ‘what’s up’

ɔ

o

• ko ‘rice’

u

• du ‘brother’

Consonants

There are at least the following consonants

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	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular
stops	p b	t d		k ɡ
fricatives	f	s (ʃ)			h
affricates			dʒ tʃ
nasals	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
laterals		l
rhotics		r
approximants	w		j
complex	ᵐb	ⁿd	(ⁿdʒ)	ɡb (ᵑɡ)

p

• pɛrɛ ‘biscuits’
• parong ‘baby’

t

• taro ‘welcome to someone from far’

c

• cɛdɛ ‘it’s cold’
• cɛni ‘I am cold’

k

• ko ‘rice’
• kle ‘burp’

b

• baje ‘where?’

d

• du ‘brother’

j

• baje ‘where?’
• jiiroo ‘welcome to someone from close by’
• jɛɛ ‘voilà’

g

• gwɛ ‘chimp’
• glaafoo ‘telephone land line’

m

• mea ‘nose’
• umi ‘buttocks’

n

• na ‘my’
• nilɛ ‘egg’

ny

• nyoro ‘female’
• ba winyo? ‘what’s up’

ng

• ŋewa ‘hello y’all’
• paroŋ ‘baby’

mb

• mbi ‘father’

nd

• ndi ‘mother’

gb

• gbo ‘foot’

f

• glaafoo ‘telephone land line’

v

• havɛ ‘chicken’

s

• sorɛ ‘week; Sunday’

l

• nilɛ ‘egg’
• kle ‘burp’

r

• pɛrɛ ‘biscuits’

w

• ŋewa ‘hello y’all’
• ba winyo? ‘what’s up’

y

• yeko ‘voici’
• yu ‘child’

h

• hwoŋ ‘here’
• hii ‘yes’
• hoo ‘no’