Help:IPA/Nguni

Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation

The charts below show the way in which the IPA is used to transcribe the Nguni languages Swazi, Xhosa, and Zulu. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-ss}}, {{IPA-xh}}, {{IPA-zu}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

A superscript ^X marks a sound or spelling found specifically in Xhosa, and ^Z specifically in Zulu. Sounds marked * only appear in loanwords.

Consonants			Vowels	Tones
Non-click IPA Orthography bʱ bh b b d d dʒ j f f ɡ g ɠ k h h ɦ hh j y jʱ yh kʰ kh k k kxʼ klz, krx l l ɬ hl ɮ dl m m mʱ mh n n nʱ nh	Non-click IPA Orthography ɲ ny pʰ ph p p r r s s ʃ sh tʰ th t t tsʼ ts tʃʼ tsh v v w w wʱ wh x rhx z z	Click IPA Orthography ǀ c ǁ x ǃ q ǀʰ ch ǁʰ xh ǃʰ qh ᶢǀʱ gc ǁ̬ gx ᶢǃʱ gq ᵑǀ nc ᵑǁ nx ᵑǃ nq ᵑǀʱ ngc ᵑǁʱ ngx ᵑǃʱ ngq	Vowel IPA Orthography a a ɛ e e e i i ɔ o o o u u ː	Tone mark Tone Bar Tones á ˦ à ˨ âː ˥˩ ǎ̤ ˨˦ à̤ ˨ a̤᷈ ː ˨˧˨