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ie- as in ei
ie- as in ei


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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High || {{IPA|i}} || {{IPA|y}} || || || || || || || {{IPA|ɯ}} || {{IPA|u}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-high || || || || || || || || {{IPA|ʊ}} || ||
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High-mid || || || {{IPA|e}} || || || || || || || {{IPA|o}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Mid || || || || || {{IPA|ə}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low-mid || || || {{IPA|ɛ}} || || || || || || || {{IPA|ɔ}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-low || || || {{IPA|æ}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low || || || || || {{IPA|a}}
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'''Consonants:'''
'''Consonants:'''

Revision as of 03:11, 11 November 2008

Pronunciation

Vowels:

a (long)- as in father

a (short)- as in dark

e (long)- as in the “ea” sound in dream (but longer)

e (short)- as in the second “e” in elevator

i (long)- as in mice

i (short)- as in hit

o -as in home

u –as in luck


Diacritic Vowels:

ä -as in the word "air"

á -a high vowel as in the "a" in cradle

à -a low vowel as in the "a" in fade


Dipthongs:

ai- as in the “ay” sound in pay

au- as in restaurant

ei- as in the “y” sound in shy

ie- as in ei


Vowels
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
High i y ɯ u
Near-high ʊ
High-mid e o
Mid ə
Low-mid ɛ ɔ
Near-low æ
Low a

Consonants:

b- as in be

d- as in den

f- as in four

g- as in sabotage

h- as in hat

j- as in jam

l- as in lemon

m- as in man

n- as in man

p- as in pen

r- as in race

s- as in sun

sh- as in shame

t- as in toast

th- as in think

v- as in van

w- as in water

y- as in why

z- as in zoo

zh- as in pleasure