Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Click | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ṇ /ɳ/ | ngǃx /ŋǃ/ | ng /ŋ/ | |||
| Plosive | p /p/ | t /t/ | ṭ /ʈ/ | ǃx /kǃ/ | k /k/ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | s /s/ | h /h/ | |||||
| voiced | d /d~ð/ | ḍ /ɖ/ | ||||||
| Trill | r /r/ | |||||||
| Approximant | central | v /ʋ/ | j /j/ | |||||
| lateral | l /l/ | ḷ /ɭ/ | ||||||
Vowels
Same as in Finnish + /ɤ ɤː/ <õ õõ>