- /b/ can also be heard as [ɓ] in free variation.
- /ɡ/ can be heard as [ɣ] when in between vowels.[3]
- Sounds /d͡ʒ, ⁿt͡ʃ, ⁿd͡ʒ/ can also be heard as alveolar [d͡z, ⁿt͡s, ⁿd͡z] in free variation.
- The following sounds can be labialized as [bʷ, kʷ, fʷ, sʷ, d͡zʷ, ɲʷ, lʷ, mʷ, ᵐbʷ, ⁿt͡ʃʷ, ⁿd͡ʒʷ, ᵑkʷ, ᵑɡʷ].
- The labialized sounds /kʷ, ᵑkʷ/ can also be heard as [ᵑk͡p, ᵑk͡p].
- The following sounds can be palatalized as [pʲ, bʲ, kʲ, fʲ, sʲ, t͡sʲ, lʲ, mʲ, ᵐpʲ, ᵐbʲ, ⁿt͡ʃʲ].
- Sounds /i, a, u/ can be heard as [ɪ, ə, ʊ] in lax position.[4]
North Teke alphabet
Uppercase
|
A |
B |
D |
DZ |
E
|
F |
G |
I |
K |
L
|
M |
N |
NY |
Ŋ |
O
|
P |
PF |
R |
S |
T
|
TS |
U |
V |
W |
Y
|
Lowercase
|
a |
b |
d |
dz |
e
|
f |
g |
i |
k |
l
|
m |
n |
ny |
ŋ |
o
|
p |
pf |
r |
s |
t
|
ts |
u |
v |
w |
y
|
- ^ North Teke at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Tsoue, Pamela C. (2017). Etude des marqueurs verbaux du lètὲɣὲ: langue bantu parlee au Gabon (B71a). Université François Rabelais de Tours.
- ^ Linton, Pauline (2016). L’Orthographe du Latege.