Revision as of 00:43, 6 July 2018
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 natlang equivalent
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Consonants
|
ʔ
|
Sʼeik
|
uh-oh
|
ɓ
|
beih
|
ba (Vietnamese)
|
ɗ
|
Đâh
|
đen (Vietnamese)
|
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
|
ɴ
|
Reaz
|
jibun (Japanese)
|
z̺
|
Sra
|
mismo (Spanish)
|
s̺
|
Ksaot
|
seco (Spanish)
|
t
|
teap
|
stand
|
w
|
klav
|
kiwi
|
v
|
Waü
|
very
|
c
|
Zeay
|
stew, chị (Vietnamese)
|
θ
|
Þael
|
thing
|
|
IPA |
Examples |
nearest natlang 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
|
aa
|
dak
|
hat (but longer), ba (Vietnamese)
|
ii
|
mihn
|
cheese
|
uu
|
mu
|
rule
|
ɒɒ
|
Trây
|
got (but longer), mat (Swedish)
|
ɔɔ
|
påhng
|
law
|
ɛɛ
|
Sjä
|
bed (but longer), häl (Swedish)
|
ʉʉ
|
Msüy
|
choose (Australian), ful (Swedish)
|
Diphthongs
|
ae
|
Kbael
|
hive (some accents), haen (Finnish)
|
ai
|
Pfeiz
|
spite
|
ao
|
rao
|
|
au
|
Smau
|
loud
|
aə
|
tngaör
|
star (GA)
|
aʉ
|
zbaü
|
cau (Welsh, but rounded)
|
eə
|
lean
|
ant (GA), mehr (German)
|
əi
|
Sek
|
Seisnig (Welsh)
|
əu
|
Woh
|
tone (RP)
|
əʉ
|
tböhng
|
gwneud (Welsh, but rounded)
|
iə
|
sia
|
hear, iasc (Irish)
|
oə
|
Koas
|
horn, Tor (German)
|
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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