The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Minurese 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 |
Example |
English approximation
|
| cʰ |
khi, khīput[1] |
cure
|
| ɸ |
asyfinn, nēfe[2] |
phew!
|
| h |
hama, nibohā |
heard
|
| j |
puyuk, yala |
yard
|
| k |
ke, puyuk |
skin
|
| kʰ |
khe, khominpiḷ |
cat
|
| l |
amessalāni, mylyna |
loud
|
| ɭ |
piḷa, iḷama |
pull (retroflex)
|
| ʎ |
pōl, nūmanol[3] |
million
|
| m |
mā, mela |
mother
|
| n |
nānō, minūrun |
nanny
|
| nː |
sonna, asyfinn |
donna (Italian)
|
| ɳ |
buṇo, hassaṇa |
born (American English)
|
| ɲ |
erñatta, ñakhila |
canyon
|
| p |
piḷa, apylā |
spit
|
| pʰ |
fosyk, fikenta |
pass
|
| ɾ |
minūrun, pālira |
atom (American English)
|
| s |
asyfinn, fosyk |
sister
|
| sː |
amessalāni, hassaṇa |
mass signing
|
| t |
ītis, khīput |
bat
|
| tː |
nottu, sutta |
cat tail
|
|
- ^ /cʰ/ is an allophone of /kʰ/ before /i iː/
- ^ /ɸ/ is an intervocalic allophone of /pʰ/.
- ^ /ʎ/ is a word-final allophone of /l/.
