Revision as of 15:50, 4 September 2012
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Jukpë pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation.
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Consonants
|
| b
|
vábís
|
ball
|
| ʙ
|
úbrá
|
brr
|
| t͡ʃ
|
chúghá
|
catch
|
| d
|
údúk
|
advert
|
| ɟ
|
medhék
|
due, divadlo (Czech)
|
| f
|
fúk
|
far
|
| g
|
gejá
|
agree
|
| ɡ͡b
|
gbá
|
tig-back, ágbá (Kalabari)
|
| ɣ
|
tíghá
|
again, agora (Portuguese)
|
| ħ
|
kúha
|
ahead, حال (ḥāl, Arabic)
|
| d͡ʒ
|
kpéjó
|
jump
|
| k
|
tók
|
scanning
|
| x
|
kéjikh
|
loch, хорошо (Russian)
|
| k͡p
|
ghijúkpë
|
back-pack, akpa (Kalabari)
|
| m
|
máto
|
maps
|
| m̥
|
mhóló
|
fy mhen (Welsh)
|
| n
|
úna
|
night
|
| ŋ
|
gbibúng
|
sing
|
| ŋ̊
|
ngho
|
fy nghot (Welsh)
|
| n̥
|
nha
|
fy nhad (Welsh), hné (Icelandic)
|
| ɲ
|
nyu
|
canyon, pinha (Portuguese)
|
| ɲ̊
|
nyhë
|
onki (Faroese)
|
| p
|
kepár
|
spoon
|
| ʕ̝
|
qusá
|
caadi (Somali)
|
| ɾ
|
mápárójo
|
free, palavra (Portuguese)
|
| s
|
kpésúm
|
sentence
|
| t
|
gété
|
started
|
| c
|
tuthá
|
tune, platit (Czech)
|
| v
|
vághur
|
verily
|
| j
|
kpéyo
|
young
|
| z
|
úzi
|
zoo
|
|
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Vowels
|
| a
|
únyámat
|
stack, carro (Portuguese)
|
| e̞
|
tet
|
bed, bebé (Spanish)
|
| ə̥
|
nyhë
|
potatoe, lentement (French)
|
| i
|
ghité
|
key (but shorter), fini (French)
|
| o̞
|
máronh
|
coat, todo (Spanish)
|
| u
|
gbichú
|
you (but shorter), ou (French)
|
| Tones
|
| ◌́
|
hád
|
High tone
|
| ◌̀
|
kepár
|
Low tone
|
| Stress
|
| ˈ
|
Primary stress
|
| ˌ
|
Secondary stress
|
|
|