Phonology
Consonants
Voiceless sounds almost always occur as aspirated stops; ʰ, tʰ, kʰ * /v/ can be realized as intervocalically. * can occur as an allophone of /d/ before long non high vowels. * can occur as an allophone of /k/, /h/ in the Maswamu dialect. * ç, tʃcan occur as allophones of /ts/, in the Twangabita dialect. * zcan occur as an allophone of /ⁿs/. * can occur as an allophone of /j/ in the Maswamu dialect. * , ʋcan occur as allophones of /w/ among some speakers. * Prenasalised stops may be devoiced when occurring word-finally (ex. /ᵐb/ ~ b̥.Vowels
* /i, u/ before non-rounded vowels are recognized as glidesReferences
* Languages of Tanzania Northeast Bantu languages {{Bantu-lang-stub