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| g || /ɡ/ || ?? || ??
| g || /ɡ/ || ?? || ??
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| h || /h/ || HH || <u>'''h'''</u>oney, <u>'''h'''</u>ello
| h || /h/ || HH || <u>'''h'''</u>oney, <u>'''h'''</u>ello || Neither broad nor slender
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| l || /l/; also frequently /l̪ˠ/ || ?? || ??
| l || /l/; also frequently /l̪ˠ/ || ?? || ??
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| ll || /l̪ˠ/ || ?? || ??
| ll || /l̪ˠ/* || ?? || ??
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| m || /mˠ/ || ?? || ??
| m || /mˠ/ || ?? || ??
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| v || /w/~/vˠ/ || ?? || ?? || loan consonant
| v || /w/~/vˠ/ || ?? || ?? || loan consonant
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| z || /zˠ/ || <AudioButton>Test.mp3</AudioButton> || ?? || loan consonant
| z || /zˠ/ || ?? || ?? || loan consonant
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{|class="prettytable" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"
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! colspan="5" | Slender Consonants
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! style="width:25pt;" | Letter
! style="width:25pt;" | IPA
! style="width:80pt;" | Valve Phoneme
! style="width:100pt;" | Phonetic Example
! style="width:200pt;" | Notes
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| b || /bʲ/ || ?? || ??
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| c || /c/ || ?? || ??
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| d || /dʑ/ || ?? || ?? || /dʲ/ in other dialects
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| f || /fʲ/ || ?? || ??
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| g || /ɟ/ || ?? || ??
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| h || /h/ || HH || <u>'''h'''</u>oney, <u>'''h'''</u>ello || Neither broad nor slender
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| l || /lʲ/ || ?? || ??
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| ll || /l̪ʲ/*; also frequently /lʲ/ || ?? || ??
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| m || /mʲ/ || ?? || ??
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| n || /nʲ/ || ?? || ??
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| p || /pʲ/ || ?? || ??
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| r || /ɾʲ/ || ?? || ?? || always broad word-initially; always broad in rd, rl, rn, rr, rs, rt, rth, sr
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| s || /ɕ/ || ?? || ?? || /ʃ/ in other dialects
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| t || /tʲ/ || ?? || ??
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| v || /vʲ/ || ?? || ?? || loan consonant
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| z || /ʑ/ || ?? || ?? || loan consonant; /ʒ/ in other dialects
|}
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Revision as of 06:22, 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 Neither broad nor slender
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/ ?? ?? loan consonant
Slender Consonants
Letter IPA Valve Phoneme Phonetic Example Notes
b /bʲ/ ?? ??
c /c/ ?? ??
d /dʑ/ ?? ?? /dʲ/ in other dialects
f /fʲ/ ?? ??
g /ɟ/ ?? ??
h /h/ HH honey, hello Neither broad nor slender
l /lʲ/ ?? ??
ll /l̪ʲ/*; also frequently /lʲ/ ?? ??
m /mʲ/ ?? ??
n /nʲ/ ?? ??
p /pʲ/ ?? ??
r /ɾʲ/ ?? ?? always broad word-initially; always broad in rd, rl, rn, rr, rs, rt, rth, sr
s /ɕ/ ?? ?? /ʃ/ in other dialects
t /tʲ/ ?? ??
v /vʲ/ ?? ?? loan consonant
z /ʑ/ ?? ?? loan consonant; /ʒ/ in other dialects