See Bukusu dialect for details of one variety of Masaba.
Consonants[]
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | c | k | |
| voiced | b | d | ɟ | g | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | ɸ | f | s | ʃ | x |
| voiced | β | v | z | ʒ | ɣ | |
| Approximant | central | w | ʋ | ɹ | j | ɰ |
| lateral | l | ʎ | ʟ | |||
Vowels[]
Masaba has a basic 5-vowel system consisting of /i, e, a, o, u, ɪ, ɛ, ʌ, æ, ɒ/.