The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Enventian pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation.
Key
| Consonants
|
| IPA |
Example |
English approximation
|
| North |
South
|
Zennland
|
| b
|
bak
|
back
|
| βj
|
b
|
bjerkan
|
about, but without lips completely closed
|
| d
|
bendan
|
day
|
| ðj
|
d
|
djan
|
there
|
| d͡ʒ
|
brycg
|
bridge
|
| g
|
börgan, gében
|
again
|
| ɣj
|
g
|
begjan
|
|
| j
|
jat
|
yet
|
| f
|
fo, Enven
|
family
|
| v
|
enwelt
|
vein
|
| ʋj
|
v
|
wjord
|
|
| θ
|
tʰ
|
oth
|
throw
|
| s
|
glasse, sá
|
pass
|
| z
|
gesen
|
pose
|
| ɕ ~ sʂ
|
z
|
ferrjends, komest
|
|
| t
|
auto
|
too
|
| t͡s
|
önlec
|
cats
|
| t͡ʃ
|
äätsc, Tchechen
|
chat
|
| l
|
örle
|
let
|
| ɫ
|
lː
|
wöll
|
all
|
| ɬ
|
-
|
hanlhan
|
|
| ɾ
|
r
|
rét, quadrat, byre
|
butter (with flap)
|
| ː~ʔ~ʁ
|
ʔ ~ ʀ
|
χ
|
ferr
|
|
| n
|
né
|
no
|
| ŋ
|
achtang
|
sing
|
| ɲ
|
n
|
njerer
|
canyon
|
| m
|
märä
|
more
|
| ɱ
|
öllmän
|
|
| ɟ
|
k
|
makjan
|
|
| k
|
Afrika
|
Africa
|
| ʃ
|
anglisc, natjon
|
english
|
| ʒ
|
sjaven
|
pleasure
|
| ʐ
|
r
|
farjan
|
vision
|
| ç(j)
|
h
|
hjelp
|
|
| ʎ
|
l
|
milje
|
roughly million
|
| ʍ
|
-
|
hwát
|
(american) what
|
| w
|
wÿau
|
wow
|
| k͡x
|
x
|
k
|
Khazastan
|
|
| x
|
chnöw
|
Scottish loch
|
| kʋ
|
kʋ - kf
|
kʋ
|
qualhan
|
|
| ks
|
taxi
|
taxi
|
|
| Vowels
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| North
|
South
|
Zennland
|
| i
|
änisc
|
set
|
| i:
|
wése
|
see
|
| y
|
lyth
|
|
| ɥʉ ~ y:
|
y:
|
ýle
|
|
| ɨ
|
haüs
|
|
| u
|
bourg
|
you
|
| u:
|
grówa
|
groove
|
| ɪ ~ e
|
ɪ
|
ɨ
|
handen (unstr)
|
|
| e
|
quethan (strss)
|
|
| ø
|
œ
|
öll
|
|
| o
|
bonth (strss)
|
|
| æ
|
ɛ
|
män
|
|
| ɐ
|
a
|
natjon
|
|
| ɐ
|
ə
|
a
|
lhöpan
|
|
| ʌ
|
ʉ ~ ɨ
|
nuthion
|
|
| ɥɔ ~ ʌ:
|
ɥɔ
|
ʉ:
|
ú
|
|
| ɔ
|
u
|
auto
|
|
| (ɪ)jɪ
|
ɪje
|
sín
|
|
| ɥɑ
|
ɐ:
|
wáscen
|
|
| æː
|
äätsc, ähtsc
|
|
| ɑː ~ ɐː
|
straat, straht
|
|
| ɔː
|
kool, kohl
|
|
|
|
| Semivowels
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| North
|
South
|
Zennland
|
| j
|
-
|
fjeld
|
|
| ɥ
|
w
|
swart, bekweran
|
sway
|
|
|
| Stress and syllabification
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| ˈ
|
kweren [ˈkɥeɾɐn]
|
|
| ˌ
|
afgében [ˌɐfˈgiːbɪn]
|
|
|