| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Consonants
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| p
|
|
pill
|
| l
|
|
left
|
| ɫ
|
|
peel
|
| m
|
|
man
|
| ɱ
|
|
symphony
|
| n
|
|
nice
|
| ŋ
|
|
thing
|
| d
|
|
debt
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| h
|
|
ham
|
| ɦ
|
|
ahead (some accents), hořet (Czech)
|
| ç
|
|
hue (some accents), ich (German)
|
| k
|
|
cold
|
| x
|
|
loch, хорошо (Russian)
|
| ɾ
|
|
free (some accents), palavra (Portuguese)
|
| ɹ
|
|
red
|
| ʁ
|
|
courte (French), revolução (Portuguese)
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| b
|
|
bill
|
| β̞
|
|
bang, alba (Catalan)
|
| θ
|
|
thought
|
| ð
|
|
they
|
| v
|
|
very
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| z
|
|
zebra
|
| ʒ
|
|
pleasure
|
| f
|
|
file
|
| g
|
|
grant
|
| ɣ
|
|
again, agora (Portuguese)
|
| s
|
|
same
|
| ʃ
|
|
shop
|
| t͡ʃ
|
|
chip
|
| t
|
|
stand
|
| j
|
|
yes
|
| ʎ
|
|
million, milhão (Portuguese)
|
| ʎ
|
|
canyon, piranha (Portuguese)
|
| d͡z
|
|
pounds
|
| ɟ
|
|
due, divadlo (Czech)
|
| d͡ʒ
|
|
jump
|
| kː
|
|
black coat
|
| gː
|
|
bag guard
|
| t͡s
|
|
cats
|
| c
|
|
tune, platit (Czech)
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| Syllabic consonants
|
| l̩
|
|
offal (though not velarised)
|
| ɫ̩
|
|
awful
|
| m̩
|
|
rhythm
|
| n̩
|
|
even
|
| ɾ̩
|
|
krk (Czech, but untrilled)
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| z̩
|
|
onomatopoeic sound of a bee
|
| s̩
|
|
onomatopoeic hiss of a snake
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