The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Ckul 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 |
Examples |
(nearest English) equivalent
|
| Consonants
|
| ʔ
|
halihæ
|
Hawai'i, uh-oh
|
| f
|
frecwom
|
flag, ineffable
|
| h
|
xahñir
|
happy, inhale
|
| j
|
yì
|
'yodel, Yukan
|
| k
|
käl
|
scat, school
|
| kʼ
|
kodizan
|
"boots and cats (beatboxing), k'os (Navajo)
|
| l
|
lew
|
light, plow
|
| m
|
mea
|
man, seam
|
| n
|
nom
|
new, stern
|
| ŋ
|
ñojcrr
|
long, Nguyễn (Vietnamese)
|
| p
|
sembu
|
spar, spooky
|
| pʼ
|
pædrr
|
p’acha (Quechua), p’íłin (Nez Perce)
|
| ɾ
|
reñ
|
better (in some dialects; a flap)
|
| s
|
sdo
|
sweet, boss
|
| t
|
dewdi
|
star
|
| tʼ
|
trr
|
qqayttas (Haida), yáʼátʼééh (Navajo)
|
| t͡s
|
cpod
|
cats
|
| w
|
wen
|
swallow, unwieldy
|
| z
|
zeloz
|
zoo, muzak
|
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