| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Consonants
|
| b
|
vábís
|
ball
|
| ʙ
|
úbrá
|
brr
|
| t͡ʃ
|
chúghá
|
catch
|
| d
|
údúk
|
advert
|
| ɟ
|
medhék
|
due, divadlo (Czech)
|
| f
|
fúk
|
far
|
| g
|
gejá
|
agree
|
| ɡ͡b
|
gbá
|
tig-back, ágbá (Kalabari)
|
| ɣ
|
tíghá
|
again, agora (Portuguese)
|
| ħ
|
kúha
|
ahead, حال (ḥāl, Arabic)
|
| d͡ʒ
|
kpéjó
|
jump
|
| k
|
tók
|
scanning
|
| x
|
kéjikh
|
loch, хорошо (Russian)
|
| k͡p
|
ghijúkpë
|
back-pack, akpa (Kalabari)
|
| m
|
máto
|
maps
|
| m̥
|
mhóló
|
fy mhen (Welsh)
|
| n
|
úna
|
night
|
| ŋ
|
gbibúng
|
sing
|
| ŋ̊
|
ngho
|
fy nghot (Welsh)
|
| n̥
|
nha
|
fy nhad (Welsh), hné (Icelandic)
|
| ɲ
|
nyu
|
canyon, pinha (Portuguese)
|
| ɲ̊
|
nyhë
|
onki (Faroese)
|
| p
|
kepár
|
spoon
|
| ʕ̝
|
qusá
|
caadi (Somali)
|
| ɾ
|
mápárójo
|
free, palavra (Portuguese)
|
| s
|
kpésúm
|
sentence
|
| t
|
gété
|
started
|
| c
|
tuthá
|
tune, platit (Czech)
|
| v
|
vághur
|
verily
|
| j
|
kpéyo
|
young
|
| z
|
úzi
|
zoo
|
|
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Vowels
|
| a
|
únyámat
|
stack, carro (Portuguese)
|
| e̞
|
tet
|
bed, bebé (Spanish)
|
| ə̥
|
nyhë
|
potatoe, lentement (French)
|
| i
|
ghité
|
key (but shorter), fini (French)
|
| o̞
|
máronh
|
coat, todo (Spanish)
|
| u
|
gbichú
|
you (but shorter), ou (French)
|
| Tones
|
| ◌́
|
hád
|
High tone
|
| ◌̀
|
kepár
|
Low tone
|
| Stress
|
| ˈ
|
Primary stress
|
| ˌ
|
Secondary stress
|
|