Alphabet
Script symbols and their phonetic representations
a
/a/
Open front unrounded vowel
e
/e/
Close-mid front unrounded vowel
i
/i/
Close front unrounded vowel
o
/o/
Close-mid back rounded vowel
u
/u/
Close back rounded vowel
y
/y/
Close front rounded vowel
ï/iy
/ɨ/
Close central unrounded vowel
p
/p/
Voiceless bilabial plosive
b
/b/
Voiced bilabial plosive
t
/t/
Voiceless alveolar plosive
d
/d/
Voiced alveolar plosive
ð/th
/ð/
Voiced dental fricative
k
/k/
Voiceless velar plosive
g
/g/
Voiced velar plosive
ɣ/gh
/ɣ/
Voiced velar fricative
q/kh
/kʰ/
Voiceless aspirated velar plosive
c/thh
/tʰ/
Voiceless aspirated alveolar plosive
x/phh
/pʰ/
Voiceless aspirated bilabial plosive
f
/f/
Voiceless labiodental fricative
s
/s/
Voiceless alveolar fricative
z
/z/
Voiced alveolar fricative
ʃ/sh
/ʃ/
Voiceless postalveolar fricative
ʒ/ezh
/ʒ/
Voiced postalveolar fricative
h
/h/
Voiceless glottal fricative
m
/m/
Voiced bilabial nasal
n
/n/
Voiced alveolar nasal
ŋ/ng
/ŋ/
Voiced velar nasal
l
/l/
Voiced alveolar lateral approximant
r
/r/
Voiced alveolar trill
w
/w/
Voiced labial-velar approximant
j
/j/
Voiced palatal approximant
v
/β/
Voiced labiodental fricative
ś/sj
/sʲ/
Voiceless palatalized alveolar fricative
ʑ/zj
/ʑ/
Voiced alveolo-palatal sibilant fricative
ń/nj
/nʲ/
Voiced palatalized alveolar nasal
ǵ/gj
/ɡʲ/
Voiced palatalized velar plosiv
ľ/lj
/lʲ/
Voiced palatal lateral approximant
ď/dj
/dʲ/
Voiced palatalized alveolar stop
ť/tj
/tʲ/
Voiceless palatalized alveolar plosi
ḱ/kj
/kʲ/
Voiceless palatalized velar plosive
ŕ/rj
/rʲ/
Voiced palatalized alveolar tril
ḥ/hj
/hʲ/
Voiceless palatalized glottal fricative