Language/Southern-dagaare/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

Phonology

Here are the consonant and vowel sounds in the Dagaare languages:

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Near-close	ɪ		ʊ
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open		a

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Labio- velar	Velar	Glottal
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	t͡ɕ	k͡p	k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d	d͡ʑ	ɡ͡b	ɡ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s				h
	voiced	v	z
	implosive						ʼh
Nasal	plain	m	n	ɲ	ŋ͡m	ŋ
	implosive	ʼm
Lateral	plain		l
	implosive		ʼl
Approximant				j	w

Writing system

Dagara alphabet (Burkina Faso)

Uppercase

A

B

Ɓ

C

D

E

Ɛ

F

G

Gb

H

’H

I

Ɩ

J

K

Kp

L

’L

M

N

Ny

Ŋ

Ŋm

O

Ɔ

P

R

S

T

U

Ʋ

V

W

’W

Y

Ƴ

Z

Lowercase

a

b

ɓ

c

d

e

ɛ

f

g

gb

h

’h

i

ɩ

j

k

kp

l

’l

m

n

ny

ŋ

ŋm

o

ɔ

p

r

s

t

u

ʋ

v

w

’w

y

ƴ

z

Dagaare alphabet (Ghana)

Uppercase

A

B

D

E

Ɛ

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

Ɔ

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

Lowercase

a

b

d

e

ɛ

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

ɔ

p

r

s

t

u

v

w

y

z