Native Phonetic Inventory: krio

These are the sounds found in most native krio dialects: There are also sounds not on the chart, shown below.

other sounds: labio-velar central approximant [w]; labio-velar sounds: /kp/, /gb/; nasaiized counerparts to all vowels; three diphthongs; high and low tones; in loan words: a voiceless dental fricative, /h/.

Adapted from: Coomber, M. E. A. (1969); Fyle, C.F., and Jones, E. (1980); Ladefoged, P. (1964).