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| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial-Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voiced Plosive | ba /ba/ | da /da/ | - | ga /ga/ | - | - |
| Voiceless Plosive | pa /pa/ | ta /ta/ | - | ka /ka/ | - | A /ʔa/ |
| Nasal | ma /ma/ | na /na/ | - | - | - | - |
| Fricative | - | sa /sa/ | - | ha /xa/ (romanized as "ha") |
- | ha /ha/ (random allophone) |
| Approximant | - | - | ya /ja/ (romanized as "ya") |
- | wa /wa/ | - |
| Coda | Consonant Clusters |
|---|---|
| all /-al/ | lba /-lba/, lma /-lma/, lda /-lda/, lna /-lna/, lsa /-lsa/ |
| ass /-as/ | spa /-spa/, sma /-sma/, sta /-sta/, sna /-sna/, sla /-sla/ |
| ann /-an/ | nda /-nda/, nta /-nta/, nsa /-nsa/, nla /-nla/ |
| amm /-am/ | mba /-mba/, mpa /-mpa/ |
| - | nga /-ŋga/, nka /-ŋka/ |
The coda diacritics can only be used on the final syllable of a word. The consonant cluster chararacters cannot be used as the first syllable of a word.
| Monophthongs | A /a/, I /i/, E /e/, U /o/ |
| Diphthongs | ayi /äɪ̯/ (written "ai"), Awu /aʊ̯/ (written "ao"), Eyi /eɪ̯/ (written "ei"), Uyi /oɪ̯/ (written "oi") |
Diphtongs can only be used on the final syllable of a word and they cannot take a final consonant.