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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
  b         t d         c ɟ k ɡ    
 
 
 
 
ʔ
 
Ejective stops
      t̪ʼ                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Implosives
              ɗ                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
                               
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ejective affricates
                tʃʼ                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m           n           ɲ        
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
              r            
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                               
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
    f       s   ʃ                           h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
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: Oromo_
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic
The languages has 38 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

Diphthongs not completed

Sources:

Lloret, Maria-Rosa (1997) i
Kaye, Alan S. (ed.) (1997) Phonologies of Asia and Africa: (including the Caucasus)
Linguistics Department Faculty Publication Series. Paper 68. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/linguist_faculty_pubs/68

Campbell (1991)