The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Trây pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. Stress always falls on the ultimate syllable. See "Phonology" for more information.
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Consonants
|
| ʔ
|
Sʼeik
|
uh-oh
|
| ɓ
|
beis
|
bill, ba (Vietnamese)
|
| ɗ
|
Dâh
|
debt, đen (Vietnamese)
|
| f
|
Füan
|
file
|
| ʎ
|
kglumm
|
million, gli (Italian)
|
| ɲ
|
gnüar
|
canyon, pinha (Portuguese)
|
| h
|
Haem
|
ham
|
| x
|
Päh
|
loch, Bach
|
| j
|
jehn
|
yes
|
| k
|
knuck
|
scold
|
| l
|
Lö
|
left
|
| m
|
Mott
|
man
|
| n
|
nihr
|
nice
|
| ŋ
|
ngå
|
thing
|
| p
|
Pluh
|
spray
|
| ʀ
|
Reaz
|
free (some accents), palavra (Portuguese)
|
| ʒ
|
Sra
|
measure
|
| ʃ
|
Ksaot
|
shop
|
| t
|
teap
|
stand
|
| v
|
Waü
|
very
|
| w
|
klaw
|
kiwi
|
| c
|
Zeay
|
stew, chị (Vietnamese)
|
|
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Monophthongs
|
| short
|
| a
|
Azz
|
stack, casa (Spanish)
|
| e
|
kemm
|
say (but shorter), café (French)
|
| i
|
jick
|
happy, fini (French)
|
| o
|
gnoʼ
|
au (French)
|
| u
|
Sruck
|
cool (but shorter)
|
| ɒ
|
bâtt
|
got
|
| ɔ
|
wårr
|
law (but shorter)
|
| ɛ
|
mäch
|
let
|
| ə
|
dönn
|
away
|
| ʉ̞
|
Lümm
|
fünf (German), gwyn (Welsh, but rounded)
|
| long
|
| aː
|
dak
|
hat (but longer), ba (Vietnamese)
|
| eː
|
Zek
|
name, zehn (German)
|
| iː
|
mihn
|
cheese
|
| oː
|
Woh
|
Ton (German)
|
| uː
|
mu
|
rule
|
| ɒː
|
Trây
|
got (but longer), mat (Swedish)
|
| ɔː
|
påhng
|
law
|
| ɛː
|
Sjä
|
bed (but longer), häl (Swedish)
|
| ɵː
|
tböhng
|
bird (Australian)
|
| ʉː
|
Msüy
|
choose (Australian), ful (Swedish)
|
| Diphthongs
|
| ae
|
Kbael
|
hive (some accents), haen (Finnish)
|
| aj
|
Glai
|
hive, raj (Polish)
|
| ao
|
rao
|
|
| aw
|
Smau
|
loud
|
| aə
|
tngaör
|
star (GA)
|
| eə
|
lean
|
ant (GA), mehr (German)
|
| əi
|
Pfeiz
|
spite (GA), namai (Lithuanian)
|
| əʉ
|
zbeü
|
bone (Australian), gwneud (Welsh, but rounded)
|
| iə
|
sia
|
hear, iasc (Irish)
|
| oə
|
Koas
|
horn, Tor (German)
|
| əu
|
mʼouk
|
bone (RP), sakau (Lithuanian)
|
| uə
|
Tuah
|
tour, bua (Irish)
|
| ʉə
|
Gnüang
|
nước (Vietnamese, but rounded), für (German)
|
| Stress
|
| ˈ
|
Stress falls on the marked syllable of a word
|
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