Help:IPA for Nguni

The charts below the way in which the IPA is used to transcribe the Nguni languages such as Xhosa, Zulu, 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.

Consonants	Vowels	Tones
Non-click IPA Orthography bʱ bh ɓ b dʱ d d̠ʲʱ dyx dzʱ dz* dʒʱ j f f ɡʱ ghz, gx ɠ gz h h ɦ hh j y jʱ yh kʰ kh kʼ k kxʼ klz, krx l l lʱ lhx ɬ hl ɮʱ dl m m mʱ mh n n nʱ nh	Non-click IPA Orthography n̠ʲ ny n̠ʲʱ nyh ŋ ng' ŋʱ ngh* pʰ ph pʼ p r r* rʱ r* s s ʃ sh tʰ th t̠ʲ tyx t̠ʲʰ tyhx tʼ t tsʼ tsx tsʰ tshx or thsx tʃʼ tsh tʃʰ tshx or thshx vʱ v w w wʱ wh x rhx ɣʱ grx zʱ z ʒʱ zh*	Click IPA Orthography ǀ c ǁ x ǃ q ǀʰ ch ǁʰ xh ǃʰ qh ǀʱ gc ǁʱ gx ǃʱ gq ǀ̃ nc ǁ̃ nx ǃ̃ nq ǀʱ̃ ngc ǁʱ̃ ngx ǃʱ̃ ngq ǀ̃ˀ nkcX ǁ̃ˀ nkxX ǃ̃ˀ nkqX	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 ˨˧˨