Consonants
|
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IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
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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
|
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IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
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a
|
gela
|
father
| e
|
eder
|
bed
| i
|
nire
|
see
| o
|
aho
|
bore
| u
|
hiru
|
food
| y
|
hirü
|
roughly like cute (Souletin)
| Diphthongs
|
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ai
|
bai
|
eye
| oi
|
doinu
|
boy
| ei
|
leiho
|
ray
| au
|
hau
|
house
| eu
|
euri
|
eh-oo or ey-oo
|
| Suprasegmentals
|
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IPA |
Examples |
English approximant
|
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.
|
gauak [gau.ak]
|
moai
|
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