Orthography (cf. Omniglot) [JW: need to see and compare with Wikipedia]
See Bennett, Wm. G., Maxine Diemer, Justine Kerford, Tracy Probert & Tsholofelo Wesi. 2016.
a | [a]
e | [e/ɪ]
ê | [ɛ]
i | [i]
o | [o/ʊ]
ô | [ɔ]
u | [u]
b | [b/β]
c | [|]
d | [ɺ]
f | [ɸ/f]
g | [x] Wikipedia has /χ/ : “/χ/ is realised as either /x/ or /h/ by many speakers”
h [h]
j [dʒ]
k [k’]
kg [kgʰ]
kh [kʰ]
l [l]
m [m]
n [n]
ng [ŋ]
p [p’]
ph [pʰ]
q [!]
r [r]
s [s]
š/sh [ʃ]
t [t’]
th [tʰ]
tl [tɬ]
tlh [tɬʰ]
ts [ts’]
tsh [tsʰ]
tš [ʧ’]
tšh [ʧʰ]
v [v]
w [w]
x [ǁ]
y [j]
z [z]
e | [e/ɪ]
ê | [ɛ]
i | [i]
o | [o/ʊ]
ô | [ɔ]
u | [u]
b | [b/β]
c | [|]
d | [ɺ]
f | [ɸ/f]
g | [x] Wikipedia has /χ/ : “/χ/ is realised as either /x/ or /h/ by many speakers”
h [h]
j [dʒ]
k [k’]
kg [kgʰ]
kh [kʰ]
l [l]
m [m]
n [n]
ng [ŋ]
p [p’]
ph [pʰ]
q [!]
r [r]
s [s]
š/sh [ʃ]
t [t’]
th [tʰ]
tl [tɬ]
tlh [tɬʰ]
ts [ts’]
tsh [tsʰ]
tš [ʧ’]
tšh [ʧʰ]
v [v]
w [w]
x [ǁ]
y [j]
z [z]