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^[2]	SI: then GC: today
d	d	dul, ud	today
d	d͡ʒ	drapuk^[3]	SI: today GC: gym
f	ɸ	offlu, fliz^[4]	SI: face GC: phew!
f	f	fosh, mehef	face
k		myok	scan
g		leg', lege, g', ge	again
j		yeid, yovë	you
l	ɫ	la, opler^[5]	SI: let GC: feel, tell
l	l	ileiv, yalos	let
m		misogra, ouzim	mind
n	n	ni, nir, neid	kneel
n̪	n	jënn, yojjun^[6]	SI: month GC: kneel
ɲ		nyalim	canyon
p		pliedu, opler	spouse
ɾʷ	ɹʷ	erum, khrugid^[7]	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,^[8] 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^[4]	SI: Scottish loch GC: hue
v	β	mevlei, vlokh^[4]	SI: visor GC: between baby and bevy
v	v	vusun, yovë	visor
ɟ	d͡ʒ	jënn, zaj, yojjun	SI: roughly like RP due GC: gym

Suprasegmentals
IPA		Examples	Description
SI	GC	Examples	Description
ˈ		jënn [ˈɟɛ̂n̪] [ˈd͡ʒeːn]	primary stress
̂	ː	jënn [ˈɟɛ̂n̪] [ˈd͡ʒeːn]	SI: falling pitch accent GC: long vowel

^ And GameCube.
^ Standard /d/ becomes /ð/ before or after /i ɪ̯/ or /e ɨ̯/.
^ Colonial /d/ becomes /d͡ʒ/ before /ɹ ɹʷ/.
^ ^a ^b ^c The colonial phonemes /ɸ β ç/ are allophones of /f v h/(Standard /f v x (h)/) respectively before /l ɫ/.
^ Colonial /ɫ/ is an allophone of /l/ before /a u/ and in consonant clusters.
^ Standard /n̪/ is a coda allophone of /n/.
^ Standard /ɾʷ/ is an allophone of /ɾ/ before /u/. Colonial /ɹʷ/ holds the same purpose for /ɹ/.
^ Colonial /z/ becomes /ʒ/ before /i/. Also often phonetically spelt hemzhin in General Colonial.
^ Colonial /ə/ is a fairly common coda allophone of /e/.
^ Standard /o/ also lowers to /ɔ/ in the Pokht-influenced dialects.