In Nama orthography a different system is used for indicating the accompaniments (again using the dental click for illustration):
voiceless unaspirated: ǀg
voiceless aspirated: ǀkh
voiceless nasal: ǀh
voiced nasal: ǀn
glottal closure: ǀ (i.e. no additional marking)
In the table below, the accompaniments are given in a separate column, and not transcribed explicitly.
Simplified Transcription |
Accompaniment |
English gloss |
|
---|---|---|---|
Dental ǀ | 1 | ǀ ō | glottal closure | the sound of something falling |
2 | ǀ ō | voiceless nasal | to push something into a hole |
3 | ǀ o ɑ | voiceless unaspirated | put all things into something |
4 | ǀ ō | voiced nasal | to measure |
5 | ǀ ō | voiceless aspirated | to play an instrument |
Palatal ǂ | |||
6 | ǂ ɑ i s | glottal closure | gold |
7 | ǂ ɑ i s | voiceless nasal | the red back-part of a female baboon |
8 | ǂ ɑ i s | voiceless unaspirated | to call |
9 | ǂ ɑ i s | voiced nasal | turtledove |
10 | ǂ ɑ r i s | voiceless aspirated | a small one | Alveolar ǃ |
11 | ǃ o ɑ s | glottal closure | to meet |
12 | ǃ o ɑ s | voiceless nasal | to talk |
13 | ǃ o ɑ s | voiceless unaspirated | a hollow in the ground |
14 | ǃ o r ɑ s | voiced nasal | take maize seeds one-by-one off the cob |
15 | ǃ o ɑ s | voiceless aspirated | a belt | Alveolar Lateral ǁ |
16 | ǁ ɑ o s | glottal closure | to refuse |
17 | ǁ ɑ o s | voiceless nasal | a traditional cooking place |
18 | ǁ ɑ r o s | voiceless unaspirated | to write |
19 | ǁ ɑ e s | voiced nasal | to point |
20 | ǁ ɑ o s | voiceless aspirated | to strike |