Vowels[]
Runyankore has a five-vowel system: /a, e, i, o, u/.
| Front | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i /i/ | u /u/ | |
| Close-mid | e /e/ | ʊ /ʊ/ | |
| Open-mid | unrounded | ɛ /ɛ/ | ʌ /ʌ/ |
| rounded | ɔ /o/ | ||
| Open | unrounded | æ /æ/ | a /a/ |
| rounded | o /ɒ/ | ||
Consonants[]
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | ||||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | |||||
| Affricate | voiceless | c /t͡ʃ/ | ||||||
| voiced | j /d͡ʒ/ | |||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | s /s/ | ʃ /ʃ/ | x /x/ | |||
| voiced | v /v/ | z /z/ | ʒ /ʒ/ | ɣ /ɣ/ | ||||
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ɲ /ɲ/ | ŋ /ŋ/ | ||||
| Trill | y /ʙ/ | r /r/ | ||||||
| Approximant | w /w/ | ʋ /ʋ/ | l /ɹ/ | q /ɰ/ | ||||