Language/Xhosa/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

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Hi Polyglots,

Xhosa,also isiXhosa, is a Nguni Bantu language with click consonants and is one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhosa_language



Here is the pronunciation table:


Letter IPA
A a [a]
B b [ɓ]
Bh bh [b̥ʱ]
C c [kǀ]
Ch ch [kǁ]
D d [d̥ʱ]
Dl dl [ɮ̈]
Dy dy [d̠̥ʲʱ]
Dz dz [d̥zʱ]
E e [ɛ~e]
F f [f]
G g [ɡ̊ʱ]
Gc gc [ɡ̊ǀʱ]
Gr gr [ɣ̈]
Gq gq [ɡ̊ǃʱ]
Gx gx [ɡ̊ǁʱ]
H h [h]
Hh hh [ɦ]
Hl hl [ɬ]
I i [I]
J j [d̠̥ʒʱ]
K k [kʼ]
Kh kh [kʰ]
Kr kr [kxʼ]
L l [l]
Lh lh [i̤]
M m [m]
Mh mh [m̤]
N n [n]
Nc nc [ŋǀ]
Ng ng [ŋ]
Ngc ngc [ŋǀʱ]
Ngh ngh [ŋ̈]
Ngq ngq [ŋǃʱ]
Ngx ngx [ŋǁʱ]
Nh nh [n̤]
Nkc nkc [ŋǀˀ]
Nkq nkq [ŋǃˀ]
Nkx nkx [ŋǁˀ]
Nq nq [ŋǃ]
Nx nx [ŋǁ]
Ny ny [n̠ʲ]
Nyh nyh [n̤ʲ]
O o [ɔ~o]
P p [pʼ]
Ph ph [pʰ]
Q q [kǃ]
Qh qh [kǃʰ]
R r [r~r̤]
Rh rh [x]
S s [s]
Sh sh [ʃ]
T t [tʼ]
Th th [tʰ]
Ths ths [tsʰ]
Thsh thsh [t̠ʃʰ]
Ts ts [tsʼ]
Tsh tsh [t̠ʃʼ]
Ty ty [t̠ʲʼ]
Tyh tyh [t̠ʲʰ]
U u [u]
V v [v̤]
W w [w]
Wh wh [w̤]
X x [kǁ]
Xh xh [kǁʰ]
Y y [j]
Yh yh [j̈]
Z z [z̤]
Zh zh [ʒ̈]

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