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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Kihā́mmic pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. Stress is always marked with an acute accent (´) on the appropriate vowel. See "Phonology" for more information.
IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
Consonants
|
p
|
pádû
|
pill
|
l
|
nalá
|
left
|
ɫ
|
vélk
|
peel
|
m
|
lốmô
|
man
|
ɱ
|
ámfô
|
symphony
|
n
|
núk
|
nice
|
ŋ
|
ū́dang
|
thing
|
d
|
dárat
|
debt
|
h
|
hā́n
|
ham
|
ɦ
|
ikhá
|
ahead (some accents), hořet (Czech)
|
k
|
knát
|
cold
|
ɾ
|
eropá
|
free (some accents), palavra (Portuguese)
|
ɹ
|
rā́t
|
red
|
b
|
bōá
|
bill
|
θ
|
zā́þ
|
thought
|
ð
|
kaiþá
|
they
|
v
|
fáve
|
very
|
z
|
ázpī
|
zebra
|
ʒ
|
žáû
|
pleasure
|
f
|
lafá
|
file
|
g
|
grá
|
grant
|
s
|
sū́
|
same
|
ʃ
|
kánš
|
shop
|
t͡ʃ
|
ā́č
|
chip
|
t
|
hót
|
stand
|
j
|
yék
|
yes
|
d͡z
|
yadzá
|
pounds
|
d͡ʒ
|
džánû
|
jump
|
kː
|
akgál
|
black coat
|
ç
|
əkghál, yégkhān
|
hue (some accents), ich (German)
|
gː
|
gká
|
bag guard
|
t͡s
|
tsíng
|
cats
|
Syllabic consonants
|
l̩
|
blg
|
offal (though not velarised)
|
ɫ̩
|
pltá
|
awful
|
m̩
|
átm
|
rhythm
|
n̩
|
knát
|
even
|
ɾ̩
|
krgá
|
krk (Czech, but untrilled)
|
z̩
|
kzá
|
onomatopoeic sound of a bee
|
s̩
|
čsá
|
onomatopoeic hiss of a snake
|
|
IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
Monophthongs
|
short
|
a
|
dozá
|
stack, casa (Spanish)
|
ɛ
|
sénse
|
let
|
e
|
sénse
|
say, café (French)
|
ɒ
|
dolgá
|
got
|
o
|
tôván
|
au (French)
|
ɔ
|
tōkezá
|
law (but shorter)
|
ɪ
|
íztāk
|
sit
|
i
|
agənamīšānatī́zô, Škipərīá
|
happy, fini (French)
|
ə
|
ədás
|
runner
|
ɜ
|
šə́d
|
bird (but shorter)
|
ʊ
|
úþ
|
book
|
u
|
éhalû
|
cool (but shorter)
|
long
|
ɑː
|
zéitā
|
father
|
ɔː
|
vōpá
|
bore
|
iː
|
ázpī
|
cheese
|
uː
|
lūgá, û́tû
|
rule
|
Diphthongs
|
aɪ̯
|
ailī́
|
lie
|
aʊ̯
|
táus
|
loud
|
au̯
|
báûī
|
pausa (Spanish)
|
eɪ̯
|
préik
|
name
|
eʊ̯
|
téuk
|
euro (Czech)
|
eu̯
|
héû
|
neutro (Spanish)
|
oɪ̯
|
kôiá, verói
|
join (some accents)
|
oʊ̯
|
džôuyá
|
bone
|
ou̯
|
lốû
|
bou (Spanish)
|
wa
|
Gû́am
|
wack
|
wɛ
|
gû́en
|
went
|
we
|
bû́e
|
joué (French)
|
wɪ
|
û́ikī
|
will
|
wi
|
naû́it, súi
|
weep (but shorter)
|
Stress
|
ˈ
|
Stress falls on the marked syllable of a word
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