Letter | Name of Letter IPA & transcription | Pronunciation |
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Consonants | ||
dùdog, dentist | | |
kècat, car | | |
tètaco, toad | | |
mùmarker, harm | | |
fèfork, flag | | |
jòas "y" in young, yes | | |
lagolove, stall | | |
rarolled "r" as in Spanish or Arabic | | |
gago, goldfish | | |
thàmòvoiceless "th" as in thing, thought | | |
vavoice, vibration | | |
wanow, west | | |
zamazone, lizard | | |
shoshoe, wash | | |
khamaas in Scottish loch or German J. S. Bach | | |
qofolike "k", but further back in the throat, as in Arabic | | |
buboy, morbid | | |
neng or syllable initial: nose, fine | syllable/word final: as any English word ending in "ing" | |
tsavûcat soup (say it quickly), plants | | |
sùsausage, spam | | |
porêpasta, stop | | |
xias in German ich, lustig | | |
ìdzamodudes, red xylophone (say it fast) | | |
chewatch, chomp | | |
zholaElijah, French je | | |
hadahello, house | | |
ìdjamobudge, knowledge | | |
dhèvoiced "th" as in the, that | | |
dha wamagòas in the syllable break in the exclamation "uh-oh" | | |
Carrier Vowels | ||
ikadafeet, seat, repeat | | |
èmebet, America | | |
ûkêdibut, cut, monkey | | |
ûkêdi noljèthe, what | | |
òmòdog, lock | |