| Consonants
|
|---|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
|---|
| b
|
bat
|
best
| | β
|
alaba[1] |
between baby and bevy
| | c
|
kuttun
|
roughly like Tuesday in RP
| | d
|
doa
|
dead
| | ð
|
adar[1] |
this
| | f
|
foru
|
face
| | ɡ
|
gauak
|
got
| | ɣ
|
hego[1] |
between go and ahold
| | h
|
hamar[2] |
hot
| | ɟ
|
onddo
|
roughly like due in RP
| | k
|
ke
|
scan
| | l
|
lagun
|
lean
| | ʎ
|
zailenak
|
roughly like million
| | m
|
maixu
|
mother
| | n
|
naharo
|
need
| | ɲ
|
ikurrina
|
roughly like canyon
| | p
|
piztu
|
spouse
| | r
|
urre
|
trilled r
| | ɾ
|
zauri
|
ladder in American English
| | s̺
|
uso
|
sack[3] | | s̻
|
zeru
| | ʃ
|
xehe
|
shine
| | t
|
talde
|
stand
| | ts̺
|
urretsu
|
cats[3] | | ts̻
|
aitzin
| | tʃ
|
tximist
|
choice
| | x; j
|
jakintsu[4] |
loch
|
|
| Vowels
|
|---|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
|---|
| a
|
gela
|
father
| | e
|
eder
|
bed
| | i
|
nire
|
see
| | o
|
aho
|
bore
| | u
|
hiru
|
food
| | y
|
hirü
|
roughly like cute (Souletin)
| | Diphthongs
|
|---|
| ai
|
bai
|
eye
| | oi
|
doinu
|
boy
| | ei
|
leiho
|
ray
| | au
|
hau
|
house
| | eu
|
euri
|
eh-oo or ey-oo
| |
| | Suprasegmentals
|
|---|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximant
|
|---|
| .
|
gauak [gau.ak]
|
moai
|
|