Nkwu

Nkwu (endonym: tembadu hānkwu [te̞ˈmbaɾu ˈhaːŋkwu]) is a language spoken by the Nkwu people of Bū.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial/ Labio-dental/ Labio-velar	Dental/ Alveolar	Post-Alveolar/ Palatal	Velar	Glottal	Romanisation (Krauss)/ Romanisation (Harlowe)
Nasal	m	n	ɲ	ŋ		⟨ m n ny ng ⟩ ⟨ m n ñ ŋ ⟩
Glottalised Prenasalised Nasal	ⁿˀm	ⁿˀn	ⁿˀɲ	ⁿˀŋ		⟨ mpm ntn ntny nkng ⟩ ⟨ mpm ntn ñcñ ŋkŋ ⟩
Plosive	p b	t d		k g	ʔ	⟨ p b t d k g q ⟩ ⟨ p b t d k g q ⟩
Prenasalised Plosive	ⁿp ⁿb	ⁿt ⁿd		ⁿk ⁿg		⟨ mp mb nt nd nk ngg ⟩ ⟨ mp mb nt nd ŋk ŋg ⟩
Glottalised Prenasalised Plosive	ⁿˀb	ⁿˀd		ⁿˀg		⟨ mpb ntd nkg ⟩ ⟨ mpb ntd ŋkg ⟩
Affricate		ts dz	tʃ dʒ			⟨ ts dz tx dj ⟩ ⟨ ts dz tš dž ⟩
Prenasalised Affricate		ⁿts ⁿdz	ⁿtʃ ⁿdʒ			⟨ nts ndz ntx ndj ⟩ ⟨ nts ndz ntš ndž ⟩
Glottalised Prenasalised Affricate		ⁿˀdz	ⁿˀdʒ			⟨ ntdz ntdj ⟩ ⟨ ntdz ntdž ⟩
Fricative	f v	s z	ʃ ʒ		h	⟨ f v s z x j h ⟩ ⟨ f v s z š ž h ⟩
Prenasalised Fricative	ⁿf ⁿv	ⁿs ⁿz	ⁿʃ ⁿʒ		ⁿh	⟨ mf mv ns nz nx nj ngh ⟩ ⟨ mf mv ns nz nš nž ŋh ⟩
Semivowel	w		j			⟨ w y ⟩ ⟨ w y ⟩
Glottalised Prenasalised Semivowel	ⁿˀw		ⁿˀj			⟨ nkw nky ⟩ ⟨ ŋkw ŋky ⟩
Lateral		l				⟨ l ⟩ ⟨ l ⟩
Prenasalised Lateral		ⁿl				⟨ nl ⟩ ⟨ nl ⟩