| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Consonants
|
| ɓ
|
beis
|
bill
|
| ɗ
|
Doh
|
debt
|
| f
|
Füen
|
file
|
| ʎ
|
kglumm
|
million, gli (Italian)
|
| ɲ
|
gnüer
|
canyon, pinha (Portuguese)
|
| h
|
Haem
|
ham
|
| x
|
Päh
|
loch, Bach
|
| j
|
jehn
|
yes
|
| k
|
knuck
|
scold
|
| l
|
Lö
|
left
|
| m
|
Mott
|
man
|
| n
|
nihr
|
nice
|
| ŋ
|
ngå
|
thing
|
| ŋ
|
Pluhn
|
spray
|
| ʀ
|
Reaz
|
free (some accents), palavra (Portuguese)
|
| ʒ
|
Sra
|
measure
|
| ʃ
|
Ksaot
|
shop
|
| t
|
teap
|
stand
|
| v
|
Waü
|
very
|
| w
|
klaw
|
kiwi
|
| c
|
Zeay
|
stew, chị (Vietnamese)
|
|
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Monophthongs
|
| short
|
| a
|
dozá
|
stack, casa (Spanish)
|
| e
|
sénse
|
say, café (French)
|
| i
|
agənamīšānatī́zô, Škipərīá
|
happy, fini (French)
|
| o
|
tôván
|
au (French)
|
| ə
|
ədás
|
runner
|
| u
|
éhalû
|
cool (but shorter)
|
| ɒ
|
dolgá
|
got
|
| ɔ
|
tōkezá
|
law (but shorter)
|
| ɛ
|
tōkezá
|
law (but shorter)
|
| ə
|
tōkezá
|
law (but shorter)
|
| ɨ̞
|
tōkezá
|
law (but shorter)
|
| long
|
| aː
|
|
h'at (but longer)
|
| eː
|
zéitā
|
father
|
| iː
|
vōpá
|
bore
|
| oː
|
ázpī
|
cheese
|
| uː
|
lūgá, û́tû
|
rule
|
| ɒː
|
lūgá, û́tû
|
rule
|
| ɔː
|
lūgá, û́tû
|
rule
|
| ɛː
|
lūgá, û́tû
|
rule
|
| ɤː
|
lūgá, û́tû
|
rule
|
| ɨː
|
lūgá, û́tû
|
rule
|
| Diphthongs
|
| aɪ̯
|
ailī́
|
lie
|
| aʊ̯
|
táus
|
loud
|
| au̯
|
báûī
|
pausa (Spanish)
|
| eɪ̯
|
préik
|
name
|
| eʊ̯
|
téuk
|
euro (Czech)
|
| eu̯
|
héû
|
neutro (Spanish)
|
| oɪ̯
|
kôiá, verói
|
join (some accents)
|
| oʊ̯
|
džôuyá
|
bone
|
| ou̯
|
lốû
|
bou (Spanish)
|
| wa
|
Gû́am
|
wack
|
| wɛ
|
gû́en
|
went
|
| we
|
bû́e
|
joué (French)
|
| wɪ
|
û́ikī
|
will
|
| wi
|
naû́it, súi
|
weep (but shorter)
|
| Stress
|
| ˈ
|
Stress falls on the marked syllable of a word
|
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