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
|
| b |
abarm |
about
|
| ð |
d |
khrugid, Brigashed[2] |
SI: then
GC: today
|
| d |
dul, ud |
today
|
| d͡ʒ |
drapuk[3] |
SI: today
GC: gym
|
| f |
ɸ |
offlu, fliz[4] |
SI: face
GC: phew!
|
| f |
fosh, mehef |
face
|
| k |
myok |
scan
|
| g |
leg', lege,
g', ge |
again
|
| l |
ɫ |
la, opler[5] |
SI: let
GC: feel, tell
|
| l |
ileiv, yalos |
let
|
| m |
misogra, ouzim |
mind
|
| n |
n |
ni, nir, neid |
kneel
|
| n̪ |
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 |
hegrij, Brigashed |
SI: GA water, but palatalised
GC: rinse
|
| s |
slai, uos |
sting
|
| z |
z |
biloz, uzus |
zebra
|
| ʒ |
hemzin,[8] uozim |
SI: zebra
GC: pleasure
|
| ʒ |
izhkut, Izhkutrëa |
pleasure
|
| ʃ |
reosh, Shahin |
shin
|
| t |
tisun |
stop
|
| h |
h |
hils, lihim |
high
|
| x |
khrugid, vlokh |
SI: Scottish loch
GC: high
|
| ç
|
ohl/ochl, mehlod[4] |
SI: Scottish loch
GC: hue
|
| v |
β |
mevlei, vlokh[4] |
SI: visor
GC: between baby and bevy
|
| v |
vusun, yovë |
visor
|
| ɟ |
d͡ʒ |
jënn, zaj, yojjun |
SI: roughly like RP due
GC: gym
|
|
| Vowels
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximations
|
| SI |
GC
|
| a |
abarm |
RP trap
|
| i |
biloz, ileiv |
seat
|
| e |
e |
leg |
Scottish case
|
| ə |
lege, zre[9] |
SI: case
GC: above
|
| ɛ |
yovë |
bet
|
| o |
ɔ |
yovë[10] |
SI: story
GC: off
|
| u |
dul, ud |
cool
|
| Diphthongs
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximations
|
| SI |
GC
|
| aɪ̯ |
aj |
blaid |
I, eye
|
| aɨ̯ |
lae |
SI: Classical Latin uvulae
GC: I, eye
|
| aɛ̯ |
Baëkh
|
| aʊ̯ |
ɔw |
vaung |
SI: ow!
GC: oh
|
| aɔ̯ |
ojao
|
| ia̯ |
ja |
taplia |
hey ya
|
| iʊ̯ |
iw |
iu |
ew!
|
| iɔ̯ |
io |
SI: Io
GC: ew!
|
| iɨ̯ |
je
|
| iɛ̯
|
|
- ^ And GameCube.
- ^ Standard /d/ becomes /ð/ before or after /i ɪ̯/ or /e ɨ̯/.
- ^ Colonial /d/ becomes /d͡ʒ/ before /ɹ ɹʷ/.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
Χρυσοφύλαξ 00:44, 12 March 2025 (UTC)