| IPA |
Example |
Translation |
(near) equivalent
|
| Consonants
|
| b
|
batow
|
wind
|
bear
|
| d
|
dong
|
good
|
dawn
|
| f
|
font
|
dusk
|
fly
|
| g
|
ganet
|
catch
|
good
|
| gʷ
|
gwey
|
broom
|
guava
|
| h
|
hang
|
belt
|
hot
|
| k
|
kaye
|
snail
|
scar
|
| kʷ
|
kweten
|
ring
|
queen
|
| l
|
laaw
|
peach
|
light
|
| m
|
mont
|
dust
|
man
|
| n
|
niyuw
|
south
|
new
|
| ŋ
|
nge
|
son
|
sing
|
| p
|
putoy
|
hundred
|
spar
|
| ɾ
|
ruun
|
thunder
|
caro (Spanish)
|
| ɾ̥
|
hraas
|
vegetable
|
hrafn (Icelandic)
|
| s
|
sont
|
left
|
sweet
|
| t
|
tint
|
calm
|
star
|
| v
|
vu
|
big
|
vase
|
| w
|
wat
|
tongue
|
wine
|
| ʍ
|
hwon
|
string
|
whine (no wine-whine merger)
|
| y
|
yut
|
ripe
|
yawn
|
| z
|
zi
|
talent
|
zebra
|
| Allophones
|
| ɥ
|
tiw
|
wither
|
nuit (French)
|
|
| IPA |
Example |
Translation |
(near) equivalent
|
| Vowels
|
| a
|
ahong
|
pine
|
father
|
| e
|
ennet
|
chase
|
bait
|
| i
|
iheng
|
name
|
keen
|
| o
|
omba
|
father
|
bone
|
| u
|
uo
|
head
|
boot
|
| Allophones
|
| ɪ
|
iyt
|
and
|
pit
|
| ʊ
|
uwun
|
gentle
|
put
|
|