Revision as of 13:45, 14 June 2012
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Kunarek 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
|
belo
|
ball
|
| d
|
deṡu
|
addition
|
| f
|
fakin
|
infinity
|
| g
|
gareh
|
baggage
|
| ŋ
|
toġa
|
sing
|
| h
|
kanahe
|
hello
|
| x
|
ḣoko, geloh
|
loch
|
| k
|
melek
|
crunching
|
| l
|
lukas
|
lovely
|
| ɬ
|
weło
|
Lloyd (Welsh)
|
| m
|
ġam
|
mammary
|
| ɱ
|
|
amphora
|
| n
|
hena
|
nasalisation
|
| p
|
gupaṡ
|
appreciate
|
| ʁ
|
ire
|
carro (Portuguese), carré (French)
|
| s
|
uspo
|
silver
|
| ʃ
|
ṡem
|
ships
|
| ʒ
|
|
pleasure
|
| t
|
tiṡek
|
attack
|
| dɮ
|
gadda
|
dlòmó (Sandawe)
|
| tɬ
|
ettu
|
mēxìcatl (Nāhuatl)
|
|
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Monophthongs
|
| a
|
hala
|
stack, carro (Portuguese)
|
| ɛ
|
dawek
|
shed
|
| i
|
keniga
|
speak (but shorter), fini (French)
|
| o
|
ṡoḣa
|
coat, eau (French)
|
| u
|
łegu
|
you (but shorter), ou (French)
|
| Diphthongs
|
| aj
|
tay
|
lie
|
| ɛj
|
|
obey
|
| oj
|
|
boyant
|
| aw
|
|
frowning
|
| ɛw
|
|
euro (Czech)
|
| ow
|
|
ownership
|
| ja
|
naya
|
yanked
|
| jɛ
|
yero
|
yellow
|
| ji
|
|
ye
|
| jo
|
|
yodel
|
| ju
|
sayut
|
you (but shorter)
|
| wa
|
waraṡ
|
wack
|
| wɛ
|
kiwe
|
went
|
| wi
|
|
we (but shorter)
|
| wo
|
|
won't
|
| wu
|
|
wounded (but shorter)
|
| Stress
|
| ˈ
|
Primary stress
|
| ˌ
|
Secondary stress
|
|
|