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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Attian pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. This is the phonemic inventory transscribed, which means that allophony is not detailed.
IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
Consonants
|
n
|
natha
|
night
|
ŋ
|
emeni
|
sting
|
t
|
at'nou
|
tank
|
k
|
kava
|
coffee, stick
|
d
|
dana
|
done, sad
|
g
|
gega
|
gone, fog
|
θ
|
thana
|
'thanks
|
ð
|
antha
|
this
|
s
|
maza
|
sad, tricks
|
z
|
tumzain
|
zebra, dogs
|
x
|
tajai
|
car, loch, José (Spanish
|
ɣ
|
menja
|
goal, pagar (Spanish)
|
h
|
hemta
|
home
|
ɦ
|
ehmi
|
home
|
ɹ
|
rama
|
rat, car
|
j
|
yemzin
|
yes
|
w
|
gva
|
what, woman
|
|
IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
Monophthongs
|
stressed vowels
|
ä
|
naza
|
stack, casa (Spanish)
|
ɛ
|
amger
|
bed
|
i
|
emeni
|
speak (but shorter)
|
u
|
thunum
|
boot (but shorter)
|
ɤ
|
выдра
|
bot, kõrv (Estonian)
|
e
|
athnai
|
play, café (French)
|
ɯ
|
матка
|
saca (Portuguese)
|
ø
|
жена
|
bed
|
œ
|
мужинье, йезеро
|
comma
|
o
|
чиловек
|
bone, beau (French)
|
i
|
месичь
|
been (but shorter)
|
ɪ
|
бшидуки
|
bit
|
ɨ
|
тулсты
|
bit (somewhat), быть (Russian)
|
ʊ
|
Русиа
|
cooking
|
Diphthongs
|
aɪ̯
|
чай
|
lie
|
aʊ̯
|
ауто
|
loud
|
eɪ̯
|
крейва
|
name
|
eʊ̯
|
камеунь
|
euro (Czech)
|
oɪ̯
|
дройво
|
join
|
oʊ̯
|
проух
|
bone
|
uɪ̯
|
влуйки
|
hui (German)
|
Palatalisation
|
◌ʲ
|
чирвь
|
tune (some accents), мать (Russian)
|
Semi-vowels
|
j
|
йимно
|
yellow
|
w
|
ӄаўа
|
awaiting
|
Stress
|
ˈ
|
Primary stress
|
ˌ
|
Secondary stress
|
|
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