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Plosive
 p b         t d             k kʷ ɡ ɡʷ q qʷ  
 
 
 
 
 ʔ
 
Implosives
   ɓ           ɗ                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ejective affricates
             tsʼ tɬʼ                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m           n               ŋ ŋʷ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
R-sounds
               R                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
     f       s sː   ʃ           x xʷ       ħ       h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
     ɬ                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Iraqw
UPSID number: 4360
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic
The languages has 45 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [99] [p] [b] [t] [d] [kʷ] [ɡʷ] [k] [ɡ] [qʷ] [q] [ʔ] [ɓ] [ɗ] [ɬ] [sː] [s] [ʃ] [f] [xʷ] [x] [ħ] [tɬʼ] [tsʼ] [R] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [ŋʷ] [ŋ] [ɪ] [iː] [ʊ] [uː] [eː] [ɵ] [oː] [ɛ] [ɜ] [ɔ] [ä] [ɑː] [h]
Comments:

Whitely implies that the voiced implosives may
be contrastive morphophonologically but Chris Ehret (p.c.)
considers them as free variants of voiced plosives.
Non-low central vowels may be derived, leaving a
five-vowel long/short basic system. Iraqw probably has a
two-level tone system.
Sources:

Whiteley, W.H. 1958. A Short Description of Item
Categories in Iraqw. East African Institute of Social
Research, Kampala.