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==Phonetics==
===Vowels===
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! [[Front vowel|Front]]
! [[Central vowel|Central]]
! [[Back vowel|Back]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! [[Close vowel|Close]]
| {{IPA link|i}}
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| {{IPA link|u}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! [[Mid vowel|Mid]]
| {{IPA link|ɛ}}
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| {{IPA link|ɔ}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! [[Open vowel|Open]]
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| {{IPA link|ä|a}}
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|}
===Consonants===
The Ibomian language uses soft and hard variations of consonants (especially plosives) that might be hard for non-native or foreign speakers to distinguish.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Zulu phonemes
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! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" | [[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! colspan="2" | [[Dental consonant|Dental]]/[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Postalveolar consonant|Postalveolar]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! [[Central consonant|central]]
! [[Lateral consonant|lateral]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
! modally voiced
| {{IPA|m}}
| {{IPA|n}}
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| {{IPA|ɲ}}
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! slack-voiced
| {{IPA|m̤}}
| {{IPA|n̤}}
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| ({{IPA|ŋ̈}})
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! rowspan="4" | [[Stop consonant|Stop]]
! 'plain'
| {{IPA|pʼ}}
| {{IPA|tʼ}}
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| {{IPA|kʼ}}
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|-
! aspirated
| {{IPA|pʰ}}
| {{IPA|tʰ}}
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| {{IPA|kʰ}}
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|-
! slack-voiced
| {{IPA|b̤}}
| {{IPA|d̤}}
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| {{IPA|ɡ̈}}
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|-
! implosive
| {{IPA|ɓ}}
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| {{IPA|ɠ}}
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|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
! 'plain'
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| {{IPA|tsʼ}}
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| {{IPA|tʃʼ}}
| {{IPA|kxʼ}}~{{IPA|kʟ̝̊ʼ}}
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! slack-voiced
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| {{IPA|dʒ̈}}
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! rowspan="2" | [[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! voiceless
| {{IPA|f}}
| {{IPA|s}}
| {{IPA|ɬ}}
| {{IPA|ʃ}}
|
| {{IPA|h}}
|-
! slack-voiced
| {{IPA|v̤}}
| {{IPA|z̤}}
| {{IPA|ɮ̈}}
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| {{IPA|ɦ̥}}
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! rowspan="2" | [[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
! modally voiced
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| {{IPA|l}}
| {{IPA|j}}
| {{IPA|w}}
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|-
! slack-voiced
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| {{IPA|j̈}}
| {{IPA|w̤}}
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|-
! [[Trill consonant|Trill]]
!
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| r
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==Orthography==
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