Revision as of 19:57, 18 September 2025
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Enventian pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation.
Key
| Consonants
|
| IPA |
Example |
English approximation
|
| North |
South
|
Zennland
|
| b
|
bak
|
back
|
| βj
|
b
|
bjerkan
|
about, but without lips completely closed
|
| d
|
bendan
|
day
|
| ðj
|
d
|
djan
|
there
|
| d͡ʒ
|
brycg
|
bridge
|
| g
|
börgan, gében
|
again
|
| ɣj
|
g
|
begjan
|
|
| j
|
jat
|
yet
|
| f
|
fo, Enven
|
family
|
| v
|
enwelt
|
vein
|
| ʋj
|
v
|
wjord
|
|
| θ
|
tʰ
|
oth
|
throw
|
| s
|
glasse, sá
|
pass
|
| z
|
gesen
|
pose
|
| ɕ ~ sʂ
|
z
|
ferrjends, komest
|
|
| t
|
auto
|
too
|
| t͡s
|
önlec
|
cats
|
| t͡ʃ
|
äätsc, Tchechen
|
chat
|
| l
|
örle
|
let
|
| ɫ
|
lː
|
wöll
|
all
|
| ɬ
|
-
|
hanlhan
|
|
| ɾ
|
r
|
rét, quadrat, byre
|
butter (with flap)
|
| ː~ʔ~ʁ
|
ʔ ~ ʀ
|
χ
|
ferr
|
|
| n
|
né
|
no
|
| ŋ
|
achtang
|
sing
|
| ɲ
|
n
|
njerer
|
canyon
|
| m
|
märä
|
more
|
| ɱ
|
öllmän
|
|
| ɟ
|
k
|
makjan
|
|
| k
|
Afrika
|
Africa
|
| ʃ
|
anglisc, natjon
|
english
|
| ʒ
|
sjaven
|
pleasure
|
| ʐ
|
r
|
farjan
|
vision
|
| ç(j)
|
h
|
hjelp
|
|
| ʎ
|
l
|
milje
|
roughly million
|
| ʍ
|
-
|
hwát
|
(american) what
|
| w
|
wÿau
|
wow
|
| k͡x
|
x
|
k
|
Khazastan
|
|
| x
|
chnöw
|
Scottish loch
|
| kʋ
|
kʋ - kf
|
kʋ
|
qualhan
|
|
| ks
|
taxi
|
taxi
|
|
| Vowels
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| North
|
South
|
Zennland
|
| i
|
änisc
|
set
|
| i:
|
wése
|
see
|
| y
|
lyth
|
|
| ɥʉ ~ y:
|
y:
|
ýle
|
|
| ɨ
|
haüs
|
|
| u
|
bourg
|
you
|
| u:
|
grówa
|
groove
|
| ɪ ~ e
|
ɪ
|
ɨ
|
handen (unstr)
|
|
| e
|
quethan (strss)
|
|
| ø
|
œ
|
öll
|
|
| o
|
bonth (strss)
|
|
| æ
|
ɛ
|
män
|
|
| æ:
|
ɛ:
|
äätsc
|
|
| ɐ
|
a
|
natjon
|
|
| ɐ
|
ə
|
a
|
lhöpan
|
|
| ʌ
|
ʉ ~ ɨ
|
nuthion
|
|
| ɥɔ ~ ʌ:
|
ɥɔ
|
ʉ:
|
ú
|
|
| ɔ
|
u
|
auto
|
|
| (ɪ)jɪ
|
ɪje
|
sín
|
|
| ɥɑ
|
ɐ:
|
wáscen
|
|
|
|
| Semivowels
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| North
|
South
|
Zennland
|
| j
|
-
|
fjeld
|
|
| ɥ
|
w
|
swart, bekweran
|
sway
|
|
|
| Stress and syllabification
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| ˈ
|
kweren [ˈkɥeɾɐn]
|
|
| ˌ
|
afgében [ˌɐfˈgiːbɪn]
|
|
|