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SINTU MULTILINGUAL CONSONANT CHART


LABIAL DENTAL
plain Dental alvaolar post-alveolar velar
Stop voiceless


IsiXhosa
  Tshivenda
Sepedi
English
ph
IsiXhosa
  Tshivenda
Sepedi
English

Voiced


IsiXhosa
  Tshivenda
English
 

IsiXhosa

Fricative voiceless


Tshivenda


IsiXhosa
  Tshivenda
Sepedi
English


Sepedi


Sepedi


Sepedi


English

Voiced


Tshivenda
Sepedi


IsiXhosa
  Tshivenda
English


Sepedi


English

Affricate voiceless


Tshivenda


Sepedi
 Sepedi (psh)


Sepedi
Sepedi (pʃh)

voiced


Tshivenda

Click voiceless


IsiXhosa

voiced


IsiXhosa

Nasal


IsiXhosa
  Tshivenda
Sepedi
English
 IsiXhosa (mʱ)

Rhotic
Approximant


IsiXhosa
 Tshivenda
Sepedi
English

SINTU MULTILINGUAL CONSONANT CHART

ALVEOLAR POST-ALVEOLAR PALATAL VELAR GLOTTAL
plain lateral
Stop voiceless


IsiXhosa
Tshivenda
Sepedi
English
th

IsiXhosa
 Tshivenda
Sepedi
English


IsiXhosa 
 IsiXhosa /ch/


IsiXhosa 
 Tshivenda
Sepedi
English
/kh/
IsiXhosa 
 Tshivenda
Sepedi 
English

Voiced


IsiXhosa 
 Tshivenda
Sepedi
English 


IsiXhosa
 Tshivenda


IsiXhosa 
 Tshivenda
English 

Fricative voiceless


IsiXhosa 
 Tshivenda
Sepedi 
English


IsiXhosa
Sepedi
Sepedi /tlh/


IsiXhosa
  Tshivenda
Sepedi
English


IsiXhosa
  Tshivenda


IsiXhosa
Sepedi
English

voiced


IsiXhosa
Tshivenda
English


IsiXhosa


Tshivenda
English


IsiXhosa
Sepedi


Tshivenda
Sepedi

Affricate voiceless


IsiXhosa
Sepedi
 Tshivenda /tsh/
Sepedi /tsh/


IsiXhosa
Sepedi


IsiXhosa
Sepedi
/tʃh/
IsiXhosa
Tshivenda
Sepedi
English


IsiXhosa
 Sepedi /kxh/

voiced


IsiXhosa
Tshivenda


IsiXhosa
Tshivenda
English

Click voiceless


IsiXhosa


IsiXhosa

voiced


IsiXhosa


IsiXhosa 

Nasal


IsiXhosa 
 Tshivenda
Sepedi 
English 
IsiXhosa/nʱ/


IsiXhosa 
 Tshivenda
Sepedi
IsiXhosa /ɲʱ/


IsiXhosa 
 Tshivenda
Sepedi 
English 

Rhotic


IsiXhosa 
 Tshivenda
Sepedi 
English

Approximant


IsiXhosa
 Tshivenda
Sepedi
English


IsiXhosa
 Tshivenda
Sepedi 
English

Last modified: 2023/07/30