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| The charts below show the way in which the [[wikipedia:International Phonetic Alphabet|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 "[[Trây/Phonology|Phonology]]" for more information. | | The charts below show the way in which the [[wikipedia:International Phonetic Alphabet|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 "[[Trây#Phonology|Phonology]]" for more information. |
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Revision as of 00:48, 9 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
|
| p
|
pádû
|
pill
|
| l
|
nalá
|
left
|
| ɫ
|
vélk
|
peel
|
| m
|
lốmô
|
man
|
| ɱ
|
ámfô
|
symphony
|
| n
|
núk
|
nice
|
| ŋ
|
ū́dang
|
thing
|
| d
|
dárat
|
debt
|
| h
|
hā́n
|
ham
|
| ɦ
|
ikhá
|
ahead (some accents), hořet (Czech)
|
| k
|
knát
|
cold
|
| ɾ
|
eropá
|
free (some accents), palavra (Portuguese)
|
| ɹ
|
rā́t
|
red
|
| b
|
bōá
|
bill
|
| θ
|
zā́þ
|
thought
|
| ð
|
kaiþá
|
they
|
| v
|
fáve
|
very
|
| z
|
ázpī
|
zebra
|
| ʒ
|
žáû
|
pleasure
|
| f
|
lafá
|
file
|
| g
|
grá
|
grant
|
| s
|
sū́
|
same
|
| ʃ
|
kánš
|
shop
|
| t͡ʃ
|
ā́č
|
chip
|
| t
|
hót
|
stand
|
| j
|
yék
|
yes
|
| d͡z
|
yadzá
|
pounds
|
| d͡ʒ
|
džánû
|
jump
|
| kː
|
akgál
|
black coat
|
| ç
|
əkghál, yégkhān
|
hue (some accents), ich (German)
|
| gː
|
gká
|
bag guard
|
| t͡s
|
tsíng
|
cats
|
| Syllabic consonants
|
| l̩
|
blg
|
offal (though not velarised)
|
| ɫ̩
|
pltá
|
awful
|
| m̩
|
átm
|
rhythm
|
| n̩
|
knát
|
even
|
| ɾ̩
|
krgá
|
krk (Czech, but untrilled)
|
| z̩
|
kzá
|
onomatopoeic sound of a bee
|
| s̩
|
čsá
|
onomatopoeic hiss of a snake
|
|
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Monophthongs
|
| short
|
| a
|
dozá
|
stack, casa (Spanish)
|
| ɛ
|
sénse
|
let
|
| e
|
sénse
|
say, café (French)
|
| ɒ
|
dolgá
|
got
|
| o
|
tôván
|
au (French)
|
| ɔ
|
tōkezá
|
law (but shorter)
|
| ɪ
|
íztāk
|
sit
|
| i
|
agənamīšānatī́zô, Škipərīá
|
happy, fini (French)
|
| ə
|
ədás
|
runner
|
| ɜ
|
šə́d
|
bird (but shorter)
|
| ʊ
|
úþ
|
book
|
| u
|
éhalû
|
cool (but shorter)
|
| long
|
| ɑː
|
zéitā
|
father
|
| ɔː
|
vōpá
|
bore
|
| iː
|
ázpī
|
cheese
|
| uː
|
lūgá, û́tû
|
rule
|
| Diphthongs
|
| aɪ̯
|
ailī́
|
lie
|
| aʊ̯
|
táus
|
loud
|
| au̯
|
báûī
|
pausa (Spanish)
|
| eɪ̯
|
préik
|
name
|
| eʊ̯
|
téuk
|
euro (Czech)
|
| eu̯
|
héû
|
neutro (Spanish)
|
| oɪ̯
|
kôiá, verói
|
join (some accents)
|
| oʊ̯
|
džôuyá
|
bone
|
| ou̯
|
lốû
|
bou (Spanish)
|
| wa
|
Gû́am
|
wack
|
| wɛ
|
gû́en
|
went
|
| we
|
bû́e
|
joué (French)
|
| wɪ
|
û́ikī
|
will
|
| wi
|
naû́it, súi
|
weep (but shorter)
|
| Stress
|
| ˈ
|
Stress falls on the marked syllable of a word
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