ᱜᱚᱸᱲᱚᱸ:IPA/Nguni

ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:IPA key The charts below show the way in which the IPA is used to transcribe the Nguni languages Swazi, Xhosa, and Zulu. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-ss}}, {{IPA-xh}}, {{IPA-zu}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

A superscript ^X marks a sound or spelling found specifically in Xhosa, and ^Z specifically in Zulu. Sounds marked * only appear in loanwords.

Consonants		Vowels	Tones
Non-click IPA Orthography b bh ɓ b d d dʒ j f f ɡ g ɠ h h ɦ hh j y jʱ yh kʰ kh kʼ k kxʼ klᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:Sm, krᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:Sm l l ɬ hl ɮ dl m m mʱ mh n n nʱ nh ɲ ny pʰ ph pʼ p r r s s ʃ sh tʰ th tʼ t tsʼ ts tʃʼ tsh v v w w wʱ wh x rhᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:Sm z z	Click IPA Orthography ᵏǀ c ᵏǁ x ᵏǃ q ᵏǀʰ ch ᵏǁʰ xh ᵏǃʰ qh ᶢǀʱ gc ᶢǁʱ gx ᶢǃʱ gq ᵑǀ nc ᵑǁ nx ᵑǃ nq ᵑǀʱ ngc ᵑǁʱ ngx ᵑǃʱ ngq	Vowel IPA Orthography a a ɛ e e e i i ɔ o o o u u ː	Tone mark Tone Bar Tones á ˦ à ˨ âː ˥˩ ǎ̤ ˨˦ à̤ ˨ a̤᷈ ː ˨˧˨