Consonants
IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
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b
|
bagaz
|
bird
| d
|
defo
|
den
| dʒ
|
diber[3] , gajak
|
jam
| f
|
fer
|
fair
| ɡ
|
gete
|
good
| h
|
horni
|
hut
| k
|
kontan
|
skill
| l
|
let
|
little
| m
|
miray
|
man
| n
|
nimero, bann
|
name
| ɲ
|
segner
|
roughly like canyon
| ŋ
|
long
|
feeling
| p
|
partaz
|
speed
| ʁ
|
reklam
|
roughly like loch (Scottish English) but voiced, like "gh" in Scottish Gaelic
| ɾ
|
maharani[4] |
rapture (r may be trilled)
| s
|
sez
|
see
| ʃ
|
shopping, rasion[5] |
shine
| t
|
tolere
|
still
| tʃ
|
chombo, tini[3] |
choose
| v
|
via
|
view
| z
|
zero
|
zoo
| ʒ
|
rezion[6], bej[7] |
measure
| Semivowels
|
---|
j
|
yer, interier, stasion[5], vizion[6], montagn, lay
|
yes
| w
|
wi, trwa, piaw
|
will
| |
Vowels
Oral vowels
|
---|
IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
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a
|
adilt, desann
|
applicant
| e
|
editer, kriye
|
hey
| ɛ
|
problem, bej, lantenn
|
left
| ə
|
maja, tann, minimum
|
again
| i
|
li, finn
|
bee
| ø
|
volimine[7] |
closely like bird
| o
|
soz
|
go (Scottish English)
| u
|
ou, tou
|
too
| ʌ
|
brushing
|
bus
| y
|
ju[7] |
no English equivalent; similar to bee but with rounded lips
| Long vowels and diphthongs
|
---|
ɑː
|
bar
|
far (British English)
| ɛː
|
frer, alert
|
hair (British English)
| iːə
|
mezir
|
roughly like near (British English)
| oː
|
for, ortograf
|
more (British English)
| uːə
|
zour
|
closely like moor (British English)
| Nasal vowels
|
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ã
|
kanpagn
|
No English equivalent; nasalized [a]
| ɑ̃
|
sante
|
No English equivalent; nasalized [ɑ]
| ɛ̃
|
sink, lendi[8] |
No English equivalent; nasalized [ɛ]
| ɔ̃
|
non
|
No English equivalent; nasalized [o]
| |