Orthography
| IPA | Orthography | Example (from Bôle-Richard & Dido book) |
| p | p | ápɛn ‘debt’ |
| pʰ | ph | áphɛ̂n ‘twenty’ |
| b | b | ábɛ ‘paddle’ |
| t | t | áta ‘insult’ |
| tʰ | th | átha ‘war’ |
| d | d | du ‘snake’ |
| c | c | ácɔn ‘fish’ |
| cʰ | ch | chɔn ‘hen’ |
| ɟ | j | ájí ‘respect’ |
| k | k | áko ‘hunger’ |
| kʰ | kh | ákhɔ́ ‘friendship’ |
| g | g | gwe ‘sea’ |
| kp | kp | kpakpâ ‘papaya’ |
| gb | gb | gba ‘dog’ |
| f | f | ńfɛ ‘eggplant’ |
| v | v | nvrâ ‘appattam’ |
| s | s | asa ‘gecko’ |
| z | z | zúmwɛn ‘fish species’ |
| h | h | áhɔn ‘ax’ |
| ɓ | bh | ábhɛ́ ‘rope’ |
| l | l | la ‘to pray’ |
| j | y | áyá ‘tree’ |
| w | w | awɔ́ ‘cat’ |
| m | m | ńmɔ́n ‘arm’ |
| n | n | ánɛn ‘hoe’ |
| ɗ | l | lyali ‘to forget’ |
| r | r | bwri ‘rat’ |
| ɲ | y | yén ‘to know’ |
| ŋʷ | w | wan ‘to crawl’ |
| i | i | áyí ‘thing’ |
| e | e | áde ‘antelope’ |
| ɛ | ɛ | ádɛ ‘palm tree’ |
| ɛ̃ | ɛn | átɛn ‘fire’ |
| a | a | áyá ‘tree’ |
| ã | an | bran ‘animal’ |
| ɔ | ɔ | ákɔ ‘attic’ |
| ɔ̃ | ɔn | ńmɔ́n ‘arm’ |
| o | o | agbo ‘door’ |
| u | u | du ‘snake’ |