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Main article: Dʰakʰi

This page gives an extensive description of Dʰakʰi phonological features.

Consonants

The consonant system distinguishes 22 phonemes, traditionally arranged in the following scheme:

		IPA			Transcription
plosive	voiceless	[p]	[k]	[t]	p	k	t
	voiced	[b]	[g]	[d]	b	g	d
	voiceless aspirated	[pʰ]	[kʰ]	[tʰ]	pʰ	kʰ	tʰ
	voiced aspirated	[bʰ]	[gʰ]	[dʰ]	bʰ	gʰ	dʰ
	uvular	[q]	[ɢ]	[ʡ]	q	x	ʡ
nasal		[m]	[n]	[ɴ]	m	n	ṅ
liquid		[r]		[l]	r		l
fricative	sibilant		[s]			s
	post-alveolar		[ʃ]			š

The group of the plosive consonants is essentially rich and distinguishes four sub-groups: voiceless, voiced, palatal and uvular, even though the uvular sub-group includes only the phoneme [q].

The groups of the nasal and of the liquid consonants are both developed and rich in the amount of phonemes and points of articulation poorer.

The group of the fricative consonants is overall very well developed and particularly rich in points of articulation, with an extended distinction between voiced and voiceless phonemes.

There is nor affricate either approximant consonants. The phonemes [j] and [w], although existant, are not traditionally included in the consonant system, since they can have only a semi-vocalic value and they are always regarded only as semivowels.