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] |