Tsafiki has 15 vowels: /a, e, i, o, u, ɑ, ɛ, ɨ, ɔ, ʊ, æ, ɞ, ɵ, ɒ, ʌ/. All vowels have nasalized forms.
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | c | k | ʔ |
| voiced | b | d | ɟ | ɡ | ||
| Affricate | t͡s | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | ɸ | s | ç | x | h |
| voiced | β | z | ʝ | ɣ | ɦ | |
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Approximant | central | ɹ | j | w | ||
| lateral | l | ʎ | ʟ | |||
| Flap | ⱱ̟ | ɾ | ʎ̆ | ʟ̆ | ||