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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