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Main article: Iðâɣ

This page gives an extensive description of Iðâɣ phonological features.

Consonants

The consonant system distinguishes 20 phonemes, traditionally arranged in the following scheme:

		IPA			Transcription
plosive	voiceless	[p]	[k]	[t]	p	k	t
	voiced		[g]			g
nasal		[m]		[n]	m		n
liquid		[r]		[l]	r		l
fricative	dental		[ð]			ð
	sibilant		[s]			s
	alveolar		[ʃ]			š
	glottal		[h]			h
	palatal		[ç]			ç
	bilabial	[ɸ]		[β]	ɸ		β
	velar	[x]		[ɣ]	x		ɣ
approximant		[j]		[w]	j		w
affricate			[ʧ]			č

The group of the plosive consonants is essentially scarce. It distinguishes two sub-groups: voiceless and voiced, and the voiced sub-group includes the phoneme [g] alone.

The group of the fricative consonants is overall well developed, although less rich, like the group of the nasal and of the liquid consonants. The glottal consonant, [ʔ], while formally a plosive, is traditionally included in the fricative group. The phonemes [j] and [w] have a full consonantal value and they are never regarded as semivowels.