Burumbi

Background

Burumbi is made to sound "African" while conforming to English pronunciations. As I am rather unlearned when it comes to linguistics the result is likely to be uninspiring to others; however, it is for me and me alone.

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Consonants

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosive	p b (p b)	t d (t d)		k g (k g)
Affricate		ts (t͡s)
Fricative		s z (s z)
Nasal	m (m)	n (n)	ny (ɲ)	ng (ŋ)
Approximant		r l (ɹ l)	y (j)	w (w)

Vowels

Ngudu vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i /i/		u /u/
Mid		ə /ə/
Open mid	e /ɛ/
Open			a /ɑ/

In addition to these vowels the diphthong o ({oʊ) is used.