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Consonant groups

Phonetic Notation

Examples

Plosives

[p]

[b]

[t]

[d]

[k]

[g]

pa, pak

beer, broer

tafel, tand

dier, dood

kas, kol

gholf, ghitaar

Fricatives

[f]

[v]

[s]

[z]

[∫]

[ʒ]

[x]

[ç]

[w]

[ɦ]

fiets, brief

vêr, fees

seer, soek

zulu, zet

sjina, rasioneel

genre, genie

gaan, chaos

geen, gees

wat, word

help, haar

Affricates

[ts]

[t∫]

[ʤ]

tsaar, aitsa

tjek, tjello

jelly

Lateral approximants

[l]

loop, lig

Trill

[r]

raas, rots

Nasals

[m]

[n]

[ŋ]

[ɲ]

man, mes

nat, nag

sing, kring

plantjie, links

Approximant

[ʋ]

[j]

twee, kwaad

bai[j]e, jaar