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! colspan="4" | Vowels
! colspan="4" | Vowels
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! style="width:50pt;" | Letter
! style="width:25pt;" | Letter
! style="width:50pt;" | IPA
! style="width:25pt;" | IPA
! style="width:80pt;" | Valve Phoneme
! style="width:80pt;" | Valve Phoneme
! style="width:100pt;" | Phonetic Example
! style="width:100pt;" | Phonetic Example
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! colspan="5" | Broad Consonants
! colspan="5" | Broad Consonants
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! style="width:50pt;" | Letter
! style="width:25pt;" | Letter
! style="width:50pt;" | IPA
! style="width:25pt;" | IPA
! style="width:80pt;" | Valve Phoneme
! style="width:80pt;" | Valve Phoneme
! style="width:100pt;" | Phonetic Example
! style="width:100pt;" | Phonetic Example
! style="width:200pt;" | Notes
! style="width:200pt;" | Notes
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| b || /bˠ/ || ?? || <u>'''b'''</u>room
| b || /bˠ/ || B || <u>'''b'''</u>room
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| c || /k/ || ?? || <u>'''c'''</u>ut, <u>'''k'''</u>ey
| c || /k/ || K || <u>'''c'''</u>ut, <u>'''k'''</u>ey
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| d || /d̪ˠ/ || ?? || ??
| d || /d̪ˠ/ || ?? || ??
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| g || /ɡ/ || ?? || ??
| g || /ɡ/ || ?? || ??
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| h || /h/ || ?? || <u>'''h'''</u>oney, <u>'''h'''</u>ello
| h || /h/ || HH || <u>'''h'''</u>oney, <u>'''h'''</u>ello
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| l || /l/; also frequently /l̪ˠ/ || ?? || ??
| l || /l/; also frequently /l̪ˠ/ || ?? || ??
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| n || /nˠ/; also frequently /n̪ˠ/ || ?? || ??
| n || /nˠ/; also frequently /n̪ˠ/ || ?? || ??
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| p || /pˠ/ || ?? || ??
| p || /pˠ/ || ?? || ??
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| r || /ɾˠ/ || ?? || ?? || (always broad word-initially; always broad in rd, rl, rn, rr, rs, rt, rth, sr)
| r || /ɾˠ/ || ?? || ?? || always broad word-initially; always broad in rd, rl, rn, rr, rs, rt, rth, sr
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| s || /sˠ/ || ?? || ??
| s || /sˠ/ || ?? || ??
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| v || /w/~/vˠ/ || ?? || ?? || loan consonant
| v || /w/~/vˠ/ || ?? || ?? || loan consonant
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| z || /zˠ/ || ?? || ?? || loan consonant
| z || /zˠ/ || <AudioButton>Test.mp3</AudioButton> || ?? || loan consonant
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Revision as of 06:15, 20 June 2018



Vowels
Letter IPA Valve Phoneme Phonetic Example
a /a/ AA father, spa
á /ɑ:/ AO call, far
e /ɛ/ EH tell, get
é /e:/ EY bait, pay
i /ɪ/ IH in, hit
í /i:/ IY tree, mean, he
o /ɔ/ AH tug, wonder
ó /o:/ OW roll, toe, road
u /ʌ/ UH good, pull
ú /u:/ UW too, rude
Broad Consonants
Letter IPA Valve Phoneme Phonetic Example Notes
b /bˠ/ B broom
c /k/ K cut, key
d /d̪ˠ/ ?? ??
f /fˠ/ ?? ??
g /ɡ/ ?? ??
h /h/ HH honey, hello
l /l/; also frequently /l̪ˠ/ ?? ??
ll /l̪ˠ/ ?? ??
m /mˠ/ ?? ??
n /nˠ/; also frequently /n̪ˠ/ ?? ??
p /pˠ/ ?? ??
r /ɾˠ/ ?? ?? always broad word-initially; always broad in rd, rl, rn, rr, rs, rt, rth, sr
s /sˠ/ ?? ??
t /t̪ˠ/ ?? ??
v /w/~/vˠ/ ?? ?? loan consonant
z /zˠ/ <AudioButton>Test.mp3</AudioButton> ?? loan consonant