Native Phonetic Inventory: oromo

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

other sounds: labio-velar central approximant [w]; voiced dental/alveolar implosive; ejectives [p?], [t?], [c?], [k?]; long vowels; in loan words: [p], [z].

Adapted from: Mann, M., and Dalby, D. (1987).