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 [m]	n [n]	ɲ [ɲ]	ŋ [ŋ]		⟨ m n ny ng ⟩ ⟨ m n ñ ŋ ⟩
Glottalised Prenasalised Nasal	ⁿˀm [m̆ʔm]	ⁿˀn [n̆ʔn]	ⁿˀɲ [ɲ̆ʔɲ]	ⁿˀŋ [ŋ̆ʔŋ]		⟨ mpm ntn ntny nkng ⟩ ⟨ mpm ntn ñcñ ŋkŋ ⟩
Plosive	p b [p] [b]	t d [t̪] [d̪]		k ɡ [k] [ɡ]	ʔ [ʔ]	⟨ p b t d k g q ⟩ ⟨ p b t d k g q ⟩
Prenasalised Plosive	ⁿp ⁿb [mp] [mb]	ⁿt ⁿd [nt] [nd]		ⁿk ⁿɡ [ŋk] [ŋɡ]		⟨ mp mb nt nd nk ngg ⟩ ⟨ mp mb nt nd ŋk ŋg ⟩
Glottalised Prenasalised Plosive	ⁿˀb [m̆ʔb]	ⁿˀd [n̆ʔd]		ⁿˀɡ [ŋ̆ʔɡ]		⟨ mpb ntd nkg ⟩ ⟨ mpb ntd ŋkg ⟩
Affricate		ts dz [t͡s] [d͡z]	tʃ dʒ [t͡ʃ] [d͡ʒ]			⟨ ts dz tx dj ⟩ ⟨ ts dz tš dž ⟩
Prenasalised Affricate		ⁿts ⁿdz [nt͡s] [nd͡z]	ⁿtʃ ⁿdʒ [nt͡ʃ] [nd͡ʒ]			⟨ nts ndz ntx ndj ⟩ ⟨ nts ndz ntš ndž ⟩
Glottalised Prenasalised Affricate		ⁿˀdz [n̆ʔd͡z]	ⁿˀdʒ [n̆ʔd͡ʒ]			⟨ ntdz ntdj ⟩ ⟨ ntdz ntdž ⟩
Fricative	f v [f] [v]	s z [s] [z]	ʃ ʒ [ʃ] [ʒ]		h [h~ɦ]	⟨ f v s z x j h ⟩ ⟨ f v s z š ž h ⟩
Prenasalised Fricative	ⁿf ⁿv [ɱf] [ɱv]	ⁿs ⁿz [ns~nt͡s] [nz~nd͡z]	ⁿʃ ⁿʒ [nʃ~nt͡ʃ] [nʒ~nd͡ʒ]		ⁿh [ŋh~ŋɦ]	⟨ mf mv ns nz nx nj ngh ⟩ ⟨ mf mv ns nz nš nž ŋh ⟩
Semivowel	w [w]		j [j]			⟨ w y ⟩ ⟨ w y ⟩
Glottalised Prenasalised Semivowel	ⁿˀw [ŋkʷw]		ⁿˀj [ŋkʲj~ɲcj]			⟨ nkw nky ⟩ ⟨ ŋkw ŋky ⟩
Lateral		l [l~ɫ]				⟨ l ⟩ ⟨ l ⟩
Prenasalised Lateral		ⁿl [nl~lː~l̃ː¨~ld~ɫd]				⟨ nl ⟩ ⟨ nl ⟩