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 |