IPA for Sinatolean

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Not to be confused with IPA for Proto-Sinatolean.
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Sinatolean pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. For more information, see Help:IPA.

Letter IPA Examples (nearest English) equivalent
Plosives
p p pola spin
f pisa find
b b boso bear
v labin visor
t tolo tea
d d dol dinner
ɟ didika
ginja
argue
g
g ganeu gas
k k angaka kitchen
c kēnen skewer

ʔ āyo uh-oh
Nasals
m moyu mind
n n nak
ɲ sin Spanish jalapeño
ŋ angaka swimming
Fricatives
s s sāno sink
ɕ sin roughly like shin
z z zon zebra
ʑ āzya roughly like vision
j d͡ʑ ginja roughly like January
h x sahala Scottish English loch
h hi hand
Lateral Approximants
l l or ɫ lonos lime or Elsa
ʎ alkāli million, Portuguese mulher
Letter IPA Examples (nearest English) equivalent
Semivowel
y j moyu yawn
Short vowels
a pisa ant
e e pez Australian and NZ English bed
ə ganeu Tina
i pisa eighty
o ɔ moyu British English not
u u moyu
(non-Sinat’ dialects)
Australian English book
w ganeu winner
Long vowels
ā
ē
ī
ū
ō ɔː