| bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | alveolar | postalveolar | alveolo-palatal | velar | uvular | glottal | |
| stop | b, p | d, t | k, g | q | |||||
| trill | r | ||||||||
| fricative | v, f | z, s | ʒ, ʃ | ɕ | ɣ | ʁ, χ | h | ||
| affricate | ts | tʃ | |||||||
| nasal | m | n | ɴ | ||||||
| approximant | w | ||||||||
| lateral approximant | l |
| front | central | back | |
| close | i, y | ɯ, u | |
| close-mid | e, ø | o | |
| near-open | æ | ||
| open | a |
(C)V(C)(C)
Source: Kaydarov, A.T. 1996. Kazakhskiy yazyk. Yazyki mira. Tyurkskiye yazyki, ed. by Edgem R. Tenishev, 242–254. Moscow: RAS.
Comments: Initial clusters are found in Russian loans.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)