Izere phonology

The Izere phonetic inventory includes 29 consonants and seven vowels and distinguishes three tone levels; two additional contour tones appear only rarely, in loanwords and due to onomatopoeia.

Consonants
The consonant phonemes of Izere are shown in the following table.

Vowels
The vowel phonemes of Izere are shown in the following table.

Tonemes
There are three level (L, M & H) and two contour tonemes (LM & HL) in Izere; the latter two are found only in loanwords and onomatopoeia.