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| |align="center" |<big>ɔ</big> | | |align="center" |<big>ɔ</big> |
| |w'''å'''rr | | |sk'''å'''ng |
| |l'''aw''' (but shorter) | | |l'''aw''' (but shorter) |
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Revision as of 02:35, 16 December 2014
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Trây pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. Stress always falls on the ultimate syllable. See "Phonology" for more information.
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Consonants
|
| ʔ
|
Sʼeik
|
uh-oh
|
| ɓ
|
beis
|
bill, ba (Vietnamese)
|
| ɗ
|
Dâh
|
debt, đen (Vietnamese)
|
| f
|
Füan
|
file
|
| ʎ
|
kglumm
|
million, gli (Italian)
|
| ɲ
|
gnüar
|
canyon, pinha (Portuguese)
|
| h
|
Haem
|
ham
|
| x
|
Päh
|
loch, Bach
|
| j
|
jehn
|
yes
|
| k
|
knuck
|
scold
|
| l
|
Lö
|
left
|
| m
|
Mott
|
man
|
| n
|
nihr
|
nice
|
| ŋ
|
ngå
|
thing
|
| p
|
Pluh
|
spray
|
| ʀ
|
Reaz
|
free (some accents), palavra (Portuguese)
|
| ʒ
|
Sra
|
measure
|
| ʃ
|
Ksaot
|
shop
|
| t
|
teap
|
stand
|
| v
|
Waü
|
very
|
| w
|
klaw
|
kiwi
|
| c
|
Zeay
|
stew, chị (Vietnamese)
|
|
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Monophthongs
|
| short
|
| a
|
Azz
|
stack, casa (Spanish)
|
| e
|
kemm
|
say (but shorter), café (French)
|
| i
|
jick
|
happy, fini (French)
|
| o
|
gnoʼ
|
au (French)
|
| u
|
Sruck
|
cool (but shorter)
|
| ɒ
|
bâzz
|
got
|
| ɔ
|
skång
|
law (but shorter)
|
| ɛ
|
mäch
|
let
|
| ə
|
döʼ
|
away
|
| ʉ̞
|
Lümm
|
fünf (German), gwyn (Welsh, but rounded)
|
| long
|
| aː
|
dak
|
hat (but longer), ba (Vietnamese)
|
| eː
|
Sek
|
name, zehn (German)
|
| iː
|
mihn
|
cheese
|
| oː
|
Woh
|
Ton (German)
|
| uː
|
mu
|
rule
|
| ɒː
|
Trây
|
got (but longer), mat (Swedish)
|
| ɔː
|
påhng
|
law
|
| ɛː
|
Sjä
|
bed (but longer), häl (Swedish)
|
| ɵː
|
tböhng
|
bird (Australian)
|
| ʉː
|
Msüy
|
choose (Australian), ful (Swedish)
|
| Diphthongs
|
| ae
|
Kbael
|
hive (some accents), haen (Finnish)
|
| aj
|
Glai
|
hive, raj (Polish)
|
| ao
|
rao
|
|
| aw
|
Smau
|
loud
|
| aə
|
tngaör
|
star (GA)
|
| eə
|
lean
|
ant (GA), mehr (German)
|
| əi
|
Pfeiz
|
spite (GA), namai (Lithuanian)
|
| əʉ
|
zbeü
|
bone (Australian), gwneud (Welsh, but rounded)
|
| iə
|
sia
|
hear, iasc (Irish)
|
| oə
|
Koas
|
horn, Tor (German)
|
| əu
|
mʼouk
|
bone (RP), sakau (Lithuanian)
|
| uə
|
Tuah
|
tour, bua (Irish)
|
| ʉə
|
Gnüang
|
nước (Vietnamese, but rounded), für (German)
|
| Stress
|
| ˈ
|
Stress falls on the marked syllable of a word
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