The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Etzeá 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.
| Consonants
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| b |
ssbûr |
debit
|
| c |
tyom |
roughly like RP stew
|
| ç |
bôcha |
hue
|
| d |
dusa |
bed
|
| d͡z |
etzeà, tzègos |
lads
|
| d͡ʑ |
bedzîlin[1] |
roughly like jam
|
| g |
gebac |
beg
|
| j |
nayos |
yes
|
| ɟ |
edyu |
roughly like RP due
|
| k |
kuzao |
beak
|
| l |
balo |
lie
|
| ʎ |
llècho, ballèlan |
million
|
| m |
lems |
man
|
| n |
ênez |
near
|
| p |
po, pella |
permit
|
| p̪f |
Duŵro |
Michelle Pfeiffer
|
| r |
ssbûr, borà[2] |
Spanish perro or pero
|
| s |
prîs |
sit
|
| sʲ |
ssbûr |
roughly like issue (not yod-coalesced)
|
| ʃ |
gebac, bòcen |
ship
|
| t |
Tûz, tâcta |
active
|
| t͡s |
tsyègo |
ants
|
| t͡ɕ |
tsiuc[1] |
roughly like batch
|
| x |
boha |
loch; Scouse chicken
|
|
| Vowels
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| a |
tâcta |
trap
|
| aː |
tâcta |
bra
|
| ɑ |
borà |
balmy
|
| e |
gebac |
NZ bed
|
| eː |
Oêrle, bê |
fairy
|
| ɛ |
tzègos, nea |
RP bed
|
| i |
prisgi |
peel
|
| iː |
bedzîlin |
eat
|
| o |
balo |
core
|
| oː |
bôcha |
RP law
|
| ɔ |
bòcen, òn |
cot(without cot-caught merger)
|
| u |
tsiuc |
Australian boot
|
| uː |
ssbûr |
GA boot
|
|
- ^ a b /t͡ɕ d͡ʑ/ are allophones of /t͡s d͡z/ respectively before /i iː/.
- ^ /r/ alternates between trill /r/ and tap/flap /ɾ/.