The phonology of the Dunn languages contains 26 consonants and 12 vowels. The following phonemes are in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
Consonants[]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial-velar | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obstruent | Occlusive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k | g | kp | gb |
| Affricate | ts | dz | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | ʃ | ʒ | x | |||||
| Sonorant | Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ŋm | |||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ||||||||
Vowels[]
| Unrounded | Rounded | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Closed | Oral | i | u |
| Nasal | ĩ | ũ | |
| Half-closed | e | o | |
| Mid-open | Oral | ɛ | ɔ |
| Nasal | ɛ̃ | ɔ̃ | |
| Open | Oral | a | |
| Nasal | ã | ||