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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