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Epi-glottal
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Plosive
   b         t d             k ɡ    
 
 
 
 
  
 
Nasal
   m           n               ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
R-sounds
               R                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
     f       s z                                
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Close
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Close-mid
Mid
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Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Songhai
UPSID number: 4200
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Nilo-Saharan, Songhai
The languages has 24 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [b] [t] [d] [k] [ɡ] [s] [z] [f] [R] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [ŋ] [ũ] [õ] [ẽ̞] [ä̃] [i] [u] [o] [e̞] [ä]
Comments:

Prost description of vowels suggests the
possibility of a larger number of mid vowels. Nasalized
vowels occur without an adjoining nasal consonant only in
a few uncommon words.
Sources:

Prost, A. 1956. La Langue Songay et ses Dialectes
(Memoires de l'Institut francais d'Afrique Noire 47).
IFAN, Dakar.

Williamson, K. 1967. Songhai Word List (Gao Dialect).
Research Notes, Department of Linguistics and Nigerian
Languages, University of Ibadan, 1/3: 1-34.