Tumbuka
Consonant Inventory
Consonant Inventory
 

 

 

From Vail, Hazen Leroy 1972. Aspects of the Tumbuka Verb. Doctoral
dissertation, University of Wisconsin.


Bilabial
Labiodental
Alveolar
Palatal
Velar
Glattal
Voiceless
         

Unaspirated plosives
p

t
c
k

Aspirated plosives
ph

th
ch
kh

Fricatives

f
s


h
Voiced






Plosive
b

d
j
g

Fricatives
β
v
z

Gamma

Nasals
m

n

ny
ŋ
Laterals


l



Semi-vowels




y
w
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