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Use base consonants only
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Labial
Coronal
Dorsal
Radical
Laryngeal
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Dental
Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Epi-glottal
Glottal
Plosive
p b         *t *d             k͡p ɡ͡b    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
                        ɟʝ        
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
                                   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                           
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                               
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
    f                                          
Sibilant fricatives
            *s                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                              w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Klao
UPSID number: 4133
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian, Kru
The languages has 27 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

Nasal consonants surface as the allophones of
voiced plosives before nasalized vowels. [l] is the
non-initial allophone of /d/. "e", "o", and a and their
nasalized counterparts are [-ATR] according to Singler.

Sources:

Singler, J.V. 1979. The segmental phonology of verb
suffixes in Talo Klao (Kru). M.A. Thesis. University of
California, Los Angeles.