Revision as of 16:42, 12 November 2012
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Lôppic pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. See "Phonology" for more information.
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Consonants
|
| p
|
|
pill
|
| l
|
|
left
|
| ɫ
|
|
peel
|
| m
|
|
man
|
| ɱ
|
|
symphony
|
| n
|
|
nice
|
| ŋ
|
|
thing
|
| d
|
|
debt
|
| h
|
|
ham
|
| ɦ
|
|
ahead (some accents), hořet (Czech)
|
| ç
|
|
hue (some accents), ich (German)
|
| k
|
|
cold
|
| x
|
|
loch, хорошо (Russian)
|
| ɾ
|
|
free (some accents), palavra (Portuguese)
|
| ɹ
|
|
red
|
| ʁ
|
|
courte (French), revolução (Portuguese)
|
| b
|
|
bill
|
| β̞
|
|
bang, alba (Catalan)
|
| θ
|
|
thought
|
| ð
|
|
they
|
| v
|
|
very
|
| z
|
|
zebra
|
| ʒ
|
|
pleasure
|
| f
|
|
file
|
| g
|
|
grant
|
| ɣ
|
|
again, agora (Portuguese)
|
| s
|
|
same
|
| ʃ
|
|
shop
|
| t͡ʃ
|
|
chip
|
| t
|
|
stand
|
| j
|
|
yes
|
| ʎ
|
|
million, milhão (Portuguese)
|
| ʎ
|
|
canyon, piranha (Portuguese)
|
| d͡z
|
|
pounds
|
| ɟ
|
|
due, divadlo (Czech)
|
| d͡ʒ
|
|
jump
|
| kː
|
|
black coat
|
| gː
|
|
bag guard
|
| t͡s
|
|
cats
|
| c
|
|
tune, platit (Czech)
|
| Syllabic consonants
|
| l̩
|
|
offal (though not velarised)
|
| ɫ̩
|
|
awful
|
| m̩
|
|
rhythm
|
| n̩
|
|
even
|
| ɾ̩
|
|
krk (Czech, but untrilled)
|
| z̩
|
|
onomatopoeic sound of a bee
|
| s̩
|
|
onomatopoeic hiss of a snake
|
|
|
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