Zigula phonology

There is no official or traditional orthography for Mushunguli. However, spelling practices from related Bantu languages can easily be adopted to render the language with minimal phonetic diacritics.

Vowels

	Front	Back
High	ɪ	ʊ
Mid	ɛ	ɔ
Open	a	ɒ

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Stop	plain	p	t	t͡ʃ	k	ʔ
	Implosive	ɓ	ɗ	ʄ	ɠ
Fricative	voiceless	f	θ ~ s	ʃ	x	h
	voiced	v	ð ~ z	ʒ	ɣ	ɦ
Approximant		w	l	j	ɰ
Flap			ɾ

The fricatives [z] and [s] freely vary with [ð] and [θ], respectively.

Tone

Vowel length is not distinctive, but phonetic length is especially associated with falling tones as in chîga 'leg'. The tone system is similar to that of Tanzanian Zigua.

External links

• Zigula language