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Table of Phonemes

POA	labial				dental			alveolar			palatal			glottal		nasal1				vowels
IPA	/φ/	/β/	/w/		/l/	/t/		/ɾ/	/s/		/k/	/j/		/h/		/m/	/n/	/ŋ/		/ä/	/e/	/o/	/u/	/i/
Hebrew	פ	ב	ו		ל	ט		ר	ש		כ	י		ה		מ/ם	נ/ן	ג		אַ	אֵ	אָ	אֻ	אִ
Latin	f	v	w		l	t		r	s		k	y		h		m	n	ń		a	e	o	u	i

Note

• ¹ The nasals are grouped together because only they can be found as syllable codas.

Consonants

		labial	dental	alveolar	palatal	glottal
Nasals	voiceless
	voiced	m /m/ מ / ם 1	n /n/ נ / ן		ń /ŋ/ ג2
Stops	voiceless		t /t/ ט		k /k/ כ
	voiced
Fricatives	voiceless	f /φ/ פ 3		s /s/ ש
	voiced	v /β/ ב 4
Sonorants	voiceless					h /h/ ה
	voiced	w /w/ ו	l /l/ ל	r /ɾ/ ר	y /j/ י

Notes

• ¹ The second of the two graphemes is used for the coda.
• ² The voiced palatal stop /g/ <ג> is assigned to the glottal stop /ŋ/.
• ³ The voiceless labial /p~f/ <פ> is assigned to the bilabial voiceless stop /φ/.
• ⁴ The voiced labial /b~v/ <ב> is assigned to the bilabial voiced fricative /β/.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i /i/ אִ		u /u/ אֻ
Close Mid	e /e/ אֵ		o /o/ אָ
Open		a /ä/ אַ

Example

• All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
• Win nuńwu wolo rile ok otu usa ve sańo yuń o sati yi.
• .וִן נֻגוֻ וָלָ רׅלֵ אָך אׇטֻ אֻשַ בֵ שַגָ יֻג אָ שַטִ יִ

• They are endowed with reason and conscience
• Etu yuń o fuwi yuń i sa yi
• אֵט יֻג אָ פֻוׅ יֻג אִ שַ יִ

• and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
• o wa sońa weńwa wiva ve wasi ńom wila ve ńohita wafa.
• .אָ וַ שָגַ וֵגוַ וׅבַ בֵ וַשׅ גָם וׅלַ בֵ גָהִטַ וַפַ

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1

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