Editing Gusii language (section)

===Consonants===
In the table below, [[orthography|orthographic]] symbols are included between brackets if they differ from the [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] symbols. Note especially the use of ‘y’ for IPA {{IPA|/j/}}, common in African orthographies. When symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a voiced consonant.

{|  class="wikitable IPA"
|+Phonemic inventory of consonants in Gusii
|-  
!  
!  <small>labial</small>
!  <small>alveolar</small>
!  <small>palatal</small>
!  <small>velar</small>
|- 
! <small>plosive</small>
| &nbsp;
| t
| &nbsp;
| k &nbsp; 
|- 
!  <small>affricate</small>
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| tʃ
| &nbsp;
|- 
!  <small>fricative</small>
| β
| s
| &nbsp;
| ɣ
|- 
! <small>nasal</small>
| m
| n
| ɲ
| ŋ
|- 
! <small>tap</small>
| &nbsp;
| ɾ
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|- 
!  <small>approximant</small>
| w
| &nbsp;
| j
| &nbsp;
|}

{|  class="wikitable IPA"
|+Phonetic inventory of consonants in Gusii
|-  
!  
!  <small>labial</small>
!  <small>alveolar</small>
!  <small>palatal</small>
!  <small>velar</small>
|- 
! <small>plosive</small>
| p &nbsp; b
| t &nbsp; d
|
| k &nbsp; ɡ
|- 
!  <small>affricate</small>
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| tʃ
| &nbsp;
|- 
!  <small>fricative</small>
| β
| s
| &nbsp;
| ɣ
|- 
! <small>nasal</small>
| m
| n
| ɲ
| ŋ
|- 
! <small>tap</small>
| &nbsp;
| ɾ
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|- 
!  <small>approximant</small>
| w
| &nbsp;
| j
| &nbsp;
|}

The following [[morphophonology|morphophonological alternations]] occur:
* n+r = {{IPA|[ⁿd]}}
* n+b = {{IPA|[ᵐb]}}
* n+g = {{IPA|[ᵑɡ]}}
* n+k = {{IPA|[ᵑk]}}
* n+c = {{IPA|[ⁿtʃ]}}
* n+s = {{IPA|[ⁿs]}}
* n+m = {{IPA|[mː]}}

The Gusii language has the consonant 'b' not realized as the bilabial stop as in 'bat' but as bilabial fricative as in words like baba, baminto, abana.