IPA for Old Yaraji

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The charts below show the way in which the IPA represents Oltic pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. For more information, see Help:IPA.

IPA Example Translation (near) equivalent
Consonants
b banti wind bear
β veweh bitter violin
d demeh house dawn
d͡ʒ day job
f feks to agree face
g gimnoh age gone
gʷiten food penguin
j yebass to help yawn
k keṛt heart scar
kʷelhen neck square
l luk light light
ḷikten debt full
m meneh good man
n nokʷkʷ night now
r ʔerjeh white carro (Spanish)
ʔeṛahmat mercy carro (Spanish)
s siyyes to remove sweet
ʃ šiks to walk she
t truk wild star
t͡ʃ ččibēss to blink cheese
z zenttuh pale zebra
w wafih loyal war
xʷitut piece white
ʔ fuʔ for a while uh-oh
IPA Example Translation (near) equivalent
Vowels
a ʔamerr erg father
ʔārreh sparse father
ə ʔebrih road love, among
ʔēs to breathe bait
i ʔiss to leave meet
dīkeh wrath meet
u ʔukār wife boot
kūreh north boot
IPA Example Translation
Consonant Allophones
ɟː yyejeh large
t͡s ʔebiss to hear
yuɣɣess to shine