SWAHILI SYLLABLEs/SOUNDS

SWAHILI SYLLABLE SOUNDS

The following is a list of the syllables made up of one and/or two consonants and vowels. Also, I have provided one Swahili word for each. 

A	E	I	O
B	BA - baba	BE - beba	BI - bibi	BO - bomba	BU - bunge
CH	CHA - chama	CHE - chelewa	CHI - chimba	CHO - chombo	CHU - chungu
D	DA - dada	DE - dereva	DI - radi	DO - kidonge	DU - mdudu
DH	DHA - dhahabu	DHE - dhehebu	DHI - udhi	DHO	DHU - dhulumu
F	FA - falasi	FE - fedha	FI - filimbi	FO - forodha	FU - fungu
G	GA - gamba	GE - gereji	GI - jagi	GO - gogo	GU - gundi
GH	GHA - ghali	GHE -	GHI - ghilibu	GHO - ghorofa	GHU - ghubu
H	HA - hali	HE - hela	HI - wahi	HO - hoho	HU - huruma
J	JA - jangwa	JE - jela	JI - jiji	JO - jongea	JU - juu
K	KA - kaka	KE - kelele	KI - kimbia	KO - koleo	KU - kuku
L	LA - lala	LE - lenga	LI - lia	LO - kilo	LU – lulu
M	MA - mama	ME - mengi	MI - mimi	MO - humo	MU - Mungu
MB	MBA - mbali	MBE - mbele	MBI - mbio	MBO - mbolea	MBU - mbuzi
N	NA - namba	NE - nenda	NI - nini	NO - mavuno	NU - nunua
ND	NDA - ndani	NDE - pendelea	NDI - ndiyo	NDO - ndoano	NDU - nundu
NG	NGA - ngamia	NGE - kengele	NGI - wengi	NGO - mlango	NGU - Nguruwe
NG’	NG’A - ng`ambo	NG’E -	NG’I	NG’O - ng`oa	NG’U
NJ	NJA - njaa	NJE - nje	NJI - njia	NJO - njoo	NJU - njugu
NY	NYA - nyanya	NYE - kwenye	NYI - nyimbo	NYO - nyoa	NYU - nyumba
P	PA - papa	PE - pengine	PI - pilipili	PO - pole	PU - punda
R	RA - rangi	RE - kipengere	RI - kiburi	RO - robo	RU - rungu
S	SA - Sali	SE - sera	SI - sisi	SO - soko	SU - sungura
Sh	SHA - shamba	SHE - sherehe	SHI - shilingi	SHO - shoka	SHU – ushuru
T	TA - taa	TE - mate	TI - nati	TO - toa	TU - mtu
Th	THA - thamani	THE - themanini	THI - mirathi	THO -	THU - thubutu
V	VA - vaa	VE - vesti	VI - mavi	VO - kitivo	VU - vunja
W	WA - watu	WE - wewe	WI - wimbo	WO - wote	WU
Y	YA - waya	YE - yeye	YI -	YO - yote	YU - yule
Z	ZA - zawadi	ZE - zege	ZI - nazi	ZO - zoa	ZU - zuria

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