The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Attian pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. This is the phonemic inventory transscribed, which means that allophony is not detailed.
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Consonants
|
| n
|
natha
|
night
|
| ŋ
|
emeni
|
sting
|
| t
|
at'nou
|
tank
|
| k
|
kava
|
coffee, stick
|
| d
|
dana
|
done, sad
|
| g
|
gega
|
gone, fog
|
| θ
|
thana
|
'thanks
|
| ð
|
antha
|
this
|
| s
|
maza
|
sad, tricks
|
| z
|
tumzain
|
zebra, dogs
|
| x
|
tajai
|
car, loch, José (Spanish
|
| ɣ
|
menja
|
goal, pagar (Spanish)
|
| h
|
hemta
|
home
|
| ɦ
|
ehmi
|
home
|
| ɹ
|
rama
|
rat, car
|
| j
|
yemzin
|
yes
|
| w
|
gva
|
what, woman
|
|
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Monophthongs
|
| stressed vowels
|
| ä
|
naza
|
stack, casa (Spanish)
|
| ɛ
|
amger
|
bed
|
| i
|
emeni
|
speak (but shorter)
|
| u
|
thunum
|
boot (but shorter)
|
| ɤ
|
выдра
|
bot, kõrv (Estonian)
|
| e
|
athnai
|
play, café (French)
|
| ɯ
|
матка
|
saca (Portuguese)
|
| ø
|
жена
|
bed
|
| œ
|
мужинье, йезеро
|
comma
|
| o
|
чиловек
|
bone, beau (French)
|
| i
|
месичь
|
been (but shorter)
|
| ɪ
|
бшидуки
|
bit
|
| ɨ
|
тулсты
|
bit (somewhat), быть (Russian)
|
| ʊ
|
Русиа
|
cooking
|
| Diphthongs
|
| aɪ̯
|
чай
|
lie
|
| aʊ̯
|
ауто
|
loud
|
| eɪ̯
|
крейва
|
name
|
| eʊ̯
|
камеунь
|
euro (Czech)
|
| oɪ̯
|
дройво
|
join
|
| oʊ̯
|
проух
|
bone
|
| uɪ̯
|
влуйки
|
hui (German)
|
| Palatalisation
|
| ◌ʲ
|
чирвь
|
tune (some accents), мать (Russian)
|
| Semi-vowels
|
| j
|
йимно
|
yellow
|
| w
|
ӄаўа
|
awaiting
|
| Stress
|
| ˈ
|
Primary stress
|
| ˌ
|
Secondary stress
|
|
|