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Plosive
 p b         t d             k ɡ    
 
 
 
 
 ʔ
 
Affricates
                 tʃ dʒ                
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m           n           ɲ        
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
               ɾ                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
 ɸ   f       s z ʃ                           h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l       ɭ            
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Kanuri
UPSID number: 4201
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Nilo-Saharan, Saharan
The languages has 29 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [p] [b] [t] [d] [k] [ɡ] [ʔ] [s] [z] [ʃ] [ɸ] [f] [tʃ] [dʒ] [ɾ] [l] [ɭ] [w] [j] [m] [n] [ɲ] [i] [ɨ] [u] [e̞] [o̞] [ä] [h]
Comments:

Kanuri has a two-level tone system. Hutchison
lists prenasalized stops as unit phonemes but does not
justify this assumption, however Awoboluyi gives an
example suggesting that closed syllable allophones of mid
vowels appear before N + C clusters.
Sources:

Awobuluyi, O. 1971. The phonology of Yerwa Kanuri.
Research Notes, Department of Linguistics and Nigerian
Languages 4/1. University of Ibadan, Nigeria: 1-21.

Hutchison, J.P. and Skinner, A.N. 1981. A Reference
Grammar of the Kanuri Language. University of Wisconsin -
Madison African Studies Program; Boston University African
Studies Center.

Lukas, J. 1937. A Study of the Kanuri Language. Oxford
University Press, London.