IPA for Izhkut

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Standard Izhkut and General Colonial 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.

"SI" stands for Standard Izhkut while "GC" stands for General Colonial.^[1]

Consonants
IPA		Examples	English approximations
SI	GC	Examples	English approximations
b		abarm	about
ð	d	khrugid, Brigashed	SI: then GC: today
d	d	dul, ud	today
d	d͡ʒ	drapuk	SI: today GC: gym
f	ɸ	offlu, fliz	SI: face GC: phew!
f	f	fosh, mehef	face
k		myok	scan
g		leg', lege, g', ge	again
l	ɫ	la, laid, lan	SI: let GC: feel, tell
l	l	ileiv, yalos	let
m		misogra, ouzim	mind
n	n	ni, nir, neid	kneel
n̪	n	jënn, yojjun	SI: month GC: kneel
ɲ		nyalim	canyon
p		pliedu, opler	spouse
ɾʷ	ɹʷ	erum	SI: GA water, but labialised GC: red
ɾ	ɹ	drapuk, zre	SI: GA water GC: rinse
ɾʲ	ɹ	hegrij, Brigashed	SI: GA water, but palatalised GC: rinse
s		slai, uos	sting
z	z	biloz, uzus	zebra
z	ʒ	hemzin,^[2] uozim	SI: zebra GC: pleasure
ʒ	ʒ	izhkut, Izhkutrëa	pleasure
ʃ		reosh, Shahin	shin
t		tisun	stop
h	h	hils, lihim	high
x	h	khrugid, vlokh	SI: Scottish loch GC: high
x	ç	ohl/ochl, mehlod	SI: Scottish loch GC: hue
v	β	mevlei, vlokh	SI: visor GC: between baby and bevy
v	v	vusun, yovë	visor
ɟ	d͡ʒ	jënn, zaj, yojjun	SI: roughly like RP due GC: gym