The charts below show the way in which the بین الاقوامی صوتیاتی ابجد is used to transcribe the نگونی زبانیں such as Xhosa, زولو زبان, and Swazi.
A superscript X marks a sound or spelling found specifically in Xhosa, and Z specifically in Zulu. Sounds marked * are only in loanwords.
حرف صحیحs
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مصوتs
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Tones
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Non-click
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IPA |
Orthography
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bʱ
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bh
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ɓ
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b
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dʱ
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d
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d̠ʲʱ
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dyX
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dzʱ
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dz*
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dʒʱ
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j
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f
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f
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ɡʱ
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ghZ, gX
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ɠ
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gZ
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h
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h
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ɦ
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hh
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j
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y
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jʱ
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yh
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kʰ
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kh
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kʼ
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k
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kxʼ
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klZ, krX
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l
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l
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lʱ
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lhX
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ɬ
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hl
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ɮʱ
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dl
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m
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m
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mʱ
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mh
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n
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n
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nʱ
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nh
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Non-click
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IPA |
Orthography
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n̠ʲ
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ny
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n̠ʲʱ
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nyh
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ŋ
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ng'
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ŋʱ
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ngh*
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pʰ
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ph
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pʼ
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p
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r
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r*
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rʱ
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r*
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s
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s
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ʃ
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sh
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tʰ
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th
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t̠ʲ
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tyX
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t̠ʲʰ
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tyhX
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tʼ
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t
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tsʼ
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tsX
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tsʰ
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tshX or thsX
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tʃʼ
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tsh
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tʃʰ
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tshX or thshX
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vʱ
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v
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w
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w
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wʱ
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wh
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x
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rhX
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ɣʱ
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grX
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zʱ
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z
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ʒʱ
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zh*
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Click
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IPA |
Orthography
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ǀ
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c
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ǁ
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x
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ǃ
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q
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ǀʰ
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ch
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ǁʰ
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xh
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ǃʰ
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qh
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ǀʱ
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gc
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ǁʱ
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gx
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ǃʱ
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gq
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ǀ̃
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nc
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ǁ̃
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nx
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ǃ̃
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nq
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ǀʱ̃
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ngc
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ǁʱ̃
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ngx
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ǃʱ̃
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ngq
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ǀ̃ˀ
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nkcX
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ǁ̃ˀ
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nkxX
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ǃ̃ˀ
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nkqX
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Vowel
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IPA |
Orthography
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a
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a
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ɛ
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e
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e
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e
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i
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i
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ɔ
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o
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o
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o
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u
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u
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ː
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|
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Tone mark
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Tone Bar
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Tones
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á
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˦
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à
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˨
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âː
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˥˩
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ǎ̤
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˨˦
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à̤
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˨
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a̤᷈ ː
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˨˧˨
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