The charts below show the way in which the بین الاقوامی صوتیاتی ابجد is used to transcribe the نگونی زبانیں such as Xhosa, زولو زبان, and Swazi.

A superscript X marks a sound or spelling found specifically in Xhosa, and Z specifically in Zulu. Sounds marked * are only in loanwords.

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IPA Orthography
[[|bʱ]] bh
[[|ɓ]] b
[[|dʱ]] d
d̠ʲʱ dyX
[[|dzʱ]] dz*
[[|dʒʱ]] j
[[|f]] f
[[|ɡʱ]] ghZ, gX
[[|ɠ]] gZ
[[|h]] h
[[|ɦ]] hh
[[|j]] y
yh
[[|kʰ]] kh
[[|kʼ]] k
[[|kxʼ]] klZ, krX
[[|l]] l
lhX
[[|ɬ]] hl
[[|ɮʱ]] dl
[[|m]] m
mh
[[|n]] n
nh
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[[|n̠ʲ]] ny
n̠ʲʱ nyh
[[|ŋ]] ng'
ŋʱ ngh*
[[|pʰ]] ph
[[|pʼ]] p
r r*
r*
[[|s]] s
[[|ʃ]] sh
[[|tʰ]] th
t̠ʲ tyX
t̠ʲʰ tyhX
[[|tʼ]] t
[[|tsʼ]] tsX
[[|tsʰ]] tshX or thsX
[[|tʃʼ]] tsh
[[|tʃʰ]] tshX or thshX
[[|vʱ]] v
[[|w]] w
wh
x rhX
ɣʱ grX
[[|zʱ]] z
ʒʱ zh*
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IPA Orthography
[[|ǀ]] c
[[|ǁ]] x
[[|ǃ]] q
ǀʰ ch
ǁʰ xh
ǃʰ qh
[[|ǀʱ]] gc
[[|ǁʱ]] gx
[[|ǃʱ]] gq
[[|ǀ̃]] nc
[[|ǁ̃]] nx
[[|ǃ̃]] nq
ǀʱ̃ ngc
ǁʱ̃ ngx
ǃʱ̃ ngq
ǀ̃ˀ nkcX
ǁ̃ˀ nkxX
ǃ̃ˀ nkqX
Vowel
IPA Orthography
a a
ɛ e
e e
i i
ɔ o
o o
u u
ː
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á ˦
à ˨
âː ˥˩
ǎ̤ ˨˦
à̤ ˨
a̤᷈ ː ˨˧˨