Wiktionary:Ainu transliteration

These are the rules concerning transliteration in Ainu entries.

Main kana

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/a/ /i/, (/j/) /u/, (/w/) /e/ /o/ /ka/ /ki/ /ku/ /ke/ /ko/ /sa/ /si/ [ʃi] /su/ /se/ /so/ /ta/ /tʃi/ /te/ /to/ /na/ /ni/ /nu/
a i, (y) u, (w) e o ka ki ku ke ko sa si su se so ta ci te to na ni nu
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/ne/ /no/ /ha/ /hi/ [çi] /hu/ [ɸu] /he/ /ho/ /pa/ /pi/ /pu/ /pe/ /po/ /ma/ /mi/ /mu/ /me/ /mo/ /ja/ /ju/ /jo/ /ɾa/ /ɾi/ /ɾu/ /ɾe/ /ɾo/ /wa/ /n/
ne no ha hi hu he ho pa pi pu pe po ma mi mu me mo ya yu yo ra ri ru re ro wa n

Special kana

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ツ゚, ト゚ セ゚ , ,[1] ㇷ゚ , , , ,
/tu/ tu /tʃe/ ce /k/ k /ʃ/, /s/ s /t/ t /n/ n /p/ p /m/ m /ɾ/ r /j/ y /w/ w

Small kana combinations

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トゥ チャ チュ チェ チョ イェ ウィ ウェ ウォ
/tu/ tu /tʃa/ ca /tʃu/ cu /tʃe/ ce /tʃo/ co /je/ ye /wi/ wi /we/ we /wo/ wo

See also

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  1. ^ In the middle of a polysyllabic word, it is a final consonant preceding the initial with a same stop /k, t, p/ or a similar affiricate