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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             k ɡ    
 
 
 
 
 ʔ
 
Implosives
   ɓ           ɗ                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
             ts dz tʃ dʒ                
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m           n               ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
               r            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
     f v     s z ʃ ʒ         x ɣ                
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
     ɬ ɮ                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Margi
UPSID number: 4368
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Chadic
The languages has 34 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [p] [b] [t] [d] [k] [ɡ] [ʔ] [ɓ] [ɗ] [ɬ] [ɮ] [s] [z] [ʃ] [ʒ] [f] [v] [x] [ɣ] [ts] [dz] [tʃ] [dʒ] [r] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [ŋ] [ɨ] [o̞] [ɛ] [ä]
Comments:

Margi has a two level tone system. Indigenous
vocabulary has a two-vowel system with only high vs. low
contrast (Maddieson 1987). Consonants may be labialized
or palatalized, here treated as clusters with /w,j/,
producing front and back vowel variants.
Sources:

Hoffmann, C. 1963. A Grammar of the Margi Language. Oxford
University Press for International African Institute,
London.

Maddieson, I. 1987. The Margi vowel system and
labiocoronals. Studies in African Linguistics, vol. 18,
No. 3, Dec. 1987.