| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | Labialized | plain | Labialized | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ŋʷ | ||||
| Voiceless plosive | p | t | k | kʷ | ʔ ʔʷ | |||
| Voiced plosive | b | d | ɡ | ɡʷ | ||||
| Prenasalized plosive | mb | nd ndz | ŋɡ | ŋɡʷ | ||||
| Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ||||||
| Affricate | ts dz | |||||||
| Fricative | f v | s z | χ ʁ | χʷ ʁʷ | ||||
| Flap | ⱱ | ɾ | ||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||
The vowels of Bana are /ɨ ə ɛ/, which can occur with high, falling, low, or rising tone. [1]
References[]
- ↑ Hofmann, Erica. 1990. A preliminary phonology of bana. University of Victoria. (MA thesis).