The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Sohcahtoan and Ancient Sohcahtoan pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. Blue text represents sounds that is exclusive to Ancient Sohcahtoan.
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Consonants
|
| b
|
bēda
|
ball
|
| p
|
pato
|
pig
|
| d
|
dasō
|
dog
|
| t
|
toro
|
table
|
| g
|
gan
|
get
|
| k
|
kato
|
key
|
| t͡s
|
tētse
|
pots
|
| m
|
ni'mi
|
mat
|
| n
|
ni'mi
|
not
|
| s
|
sō
|
seal
|
| z
|
zū
|
zoom
|
| ʃ
|
shāsa
|
ash
|
| ʔ
|
ni'pon
|
uh-oh
|
| Glides
|
| j
|
yūro
|
yacht
|
|
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Short vowels
|
| a
|
'asuka
|
stack, and
|
| e
|
edo
|
bed
|
| ə
|
umã
|
about
|
| i
|
ni'mi
|
really
|
| o
|
kato
|
old
|
| ɯ
|
sude
|
no English equivalent.
|
| u
|
umã
|
boot
|
| Long vowels
|
| aː
|
taka'ā
|
far (RP English)
|
| eː
|
tē
|
nehmen (German)
|
| oː
|
nōpo
|
audio (some varieties), Sohn (German)
|
| Stress
|
| ˈ
|
Primary stress
|
|
|