If the diacritic is the only symbol along the vowel, it represents a Voiced glottal fricative/ɦ/.
When applied to a nasal or a rhotic consonant, its shifts their phonation from modal to breathy voiced.
When applied to any other consonant, it becomes voiced.
/N/,/R/
/N̤/,/R̤/
/p/,/t/,/k/
/b/,/d/,/g/
Lerothodi
/pʰ/,/tʰ/,/ᵏǃʰ/
/pʼ/,/tʼ/,/kʼ/
For unvoiced and aspirated consonants, the diacritic indicates a glottalized ejection. If the language doesn't have ejectives, then it turns into its plain modal form.
For breathy voiced consonants, it indicates an implosive release. If the language doesn't have implosives, then it turns into its plain modal form.
/pʰ/,/tʰ/,/ᵏǃʰ/
/p/,/t/,/ᵏǃ/
/b̤/,/d̤/,/g̤/
/ɓ/,/ɗ/,/ɠ/
/b̤/,/d̤/,/g̤/
/b/,/d/,/g/
Ingungwana
/b/,/k/
/ᵐb/,/ᵑk/
This diacritic marks prenasalized consonants. This is distinct from the bilabial nasal /m/ (ingungu) that appears on its own, as this one occurs with other consonant graphemes. In this case, no additional lines need to be added to the ingungwana, as the place of articulation is given by them instead.
When its used on an ejective click consonant (marked with the lerothodi), the ingungu symbolizes prenasalization. If it's a plain click, then the click becomes nasal.
