Editing Lingala (section)

===Consonants===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" |
![[Labial consonant|Labial]]
![[Coronal consonant|Coronal]]
![[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Dorsal consonant|Dorsal]]
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| style="border-right:0" |''m'' {{IPAslink|m}}
| style="border-right:0" |''n'' {{IPAslink|n}}
|''ny'' /{{IPA link|ɲ}}/
| style="border-right:0" |
|-
! rowspan="4" |[[Plosive consonant|Plosive]]
!{{small|[[voicelessness|voiceless]]}}
| style="border-right:0" |''p'' {{IPAslink|p}}
| style="border-right:0" |''t'' {{IPAslink|t}}
|
| style="border-right:0" |''k'' {{IPAslink|k}}
|-
!{{small|[[Prenasalized consonant|prenasal]] [[voicelessness|voiceless]]}}
| style="border-right:0" |''mp'' {{IPA|/ᵐp/}}
| style="border-right:0" |''nt'' {{IPA|/ⁿt/}}
|
| style="border-right:0" |''nk'' {{IPA|/ᵑk/}}
|-
!{{small|[[voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
|''b'' {{IPAslink|b}}
|''d'' {{IPAslink|d}}
|
|''g'' {{IPAslink|ɡ}}
|-
!{{small|[[Prenasalized consonant|prenasal]] [[voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
|''mb'' {{IPA|/ᵐb/}}
|''nd'' {{IPA|/ⁿd/}}
|
|''ng'' {{IPAslink|ᵑɡ}}
|-
! rowspan="4" |[[Fricative]]
!{{small|[[voicelessness|voiceless]]}}
| style="border-right:0" |''f'' {{IPAslink|f}}
| style="border-right:0" |''s'' {{IPAslink|s}}
|''sh'' /{{IPA link|ʃ}}/
|
|-
!{{small|[[Prenasalized consonant|prenasal]] [[voicelessness|voiceless]]}}
| style="border-right:0" |
| style="border-right:0" |''ns'' {{IPA|/ⁿs/}}
|
|
|-
!{{small|[[voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
|''v'' {{IPAslink|v}}
|''z'' {{IPAslink|z}}
|(/{{IPA link|ʒ}}/)
|
|-
!{{small|[[Prenasalized consonant|prenasal]] [[voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
|
|''nz'' {{IPA|/ⁿz/}}
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
| style="border-right:0" |''w'' {{IPAslink|w}}
| style="border-right:0" |''l'' {{IPAslink|l}}
|''y'' {{IPAslink|j}}
| style="border-right:0" |
|}
{| class="wikitable"
! IPA
! Example (IPA)
! Example (written)
! Meaning
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|p}}
| {{IPA|/napɛ́si/}}
| napɛ́sí
| I give
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA|ᵐp}}
| {{IPA|/ᵐpɛᵐbɛ́ni/}}
| mpɛmbɛ́ni
| near
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|b}}
| {{IPA|/boliᵑɡo/}}
| bolingo
| love
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA|ᵐb}}
| {{IPA|/ᵐbɛlí/}}
| mbɛlí
| knife
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|t}}
| {{IPA|/litéja/}}
| litéya
| lesson
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA|ⁿt}}
| {{IPA|/ⁿtɔ́ᵑɡɔ́/}}
| ntɔ́ngó
| dawn
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|d}}
| {{IPA|/daidai/}}
| daidai
| sticky
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA|ⁿd}}
| {{IPA|/ⁿdeko/}}
| ndeko
| sibling, cousin, relative
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|k}}
| {{IPA|/mokɔlɔ/}}
| mokɔlɔ
| day
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA|ᵑk}}
| {{IPA|/ᵑkóló/}}
| nkóló
| owner
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|ɡ}}
| {{IPA|/ɡalamɛ́lɛ/}}
| galamɛ́lɛ
| grammar
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA|ᵑɡ}}
| {{IPA|/ᵑɡáí/}}
| ngáí
| me
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|m}}
| {{IPA|/mamá/}}
| mamá
| mother
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|n}}
| {{IPA|/bojini/}}
| boyini
| hate
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|ɲ}}
| {{IPA|/ɲama/}}
| nyama
| animal
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|f}}
| {{IPA|/fɔtɔ́/}}
| fɔtɔ́
| photograph
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|v}}
| {{IPA|/veló/}}
| veló
| bicycle
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|s}}
| {{IPA|/sɔ̂lɔ/}}
| sɔ̂lɔ
| truly
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA|ⁿs}}
| {{IPA|/ɲɔ́ⁿsɔ/}}
| nyɔ́nsɔ
| all
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|z}}
| {{IPA|/zɛ́lɔ/}}
| zɛ́lɔ
| sand
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA|ⁿz}}{{efn|{{IPA|[ᶮʒ]}} is allophonic with {{IPAblink|ʒ}} depending on the dialect.}}
| {{IPA|/ⁿzáᵐbe/}}
| nzámbe
| God
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|ʃ}}
| {{IPA|/ʃakú/}}
| cakú or shakú
| African grey parrot
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|l}}
| {{IPA|/ɔ́lɔ/}}
| ɔ́lɔ
| gold
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|j}}
| {{IPA|/jé/}}
| yé
| him; her (object pronoun)
|-
| style="font-size: larger;" | {{IPA link|w}}
| {{IPA|/wápi/}}
| wápi
| where
|}
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====Prenasalized consonants====
The [[prenasalized stop]]s formed with a nasal followed by a voiceless plosive are [[allophone|allophonic]] to the voiceless plosives alone in some variations of Lingala.
* {{IPA|/ᵐp/}}: {{IPA|[ᵐp]}} or {{IPA|[p]}}
*: e.g.: mpɛmbɛ́ni is pronounced {{IPA|[ᵐpɛᵐbɛ́ni]}} but in some variations {{IPA|[pɛᵐbɛ́ni]}}
* {{IPA|/ⁿt/}}: {{IPA|[ⁿt]}} or {{IPA|[t]}}
*: e.g.: ntɔ́ngó is pronounced {{IPA|ⁿtɔ́ᵑɡó}} but in some variations {{IPA|[tɔ́ᵑɡó]}}
* {{IPA|/ᵑk/}}: {{IPA|[ᵑk]}} or {{IPA|[k]}}
*: e.g.: nkanya (''fork'') is pronounced {{IPA|[ᵑkaɲa]}} but in some variations {{IPA|[kaɲa]}}
* {{IPA|/ⁿs/}}: {{IPA|[ⁿs]}} or {{IPA|[s]}} (inside a word)
*: e.g.: nyɔnsɔ is pronounced {{IPA|[ɲɔ́ⁿsɔ]}} but in some variations {{IPA|[ɲɔ́sɔ]}}
The prenasalized voiced occlusives, {{IPA|/ᵐb/, /ⁿd/, /ᵑɡ/, /ⁿz/}}, do not vary.