Alphabet
Script symbols and their phonetic representations
a
/a/
Open front unrounded vowel
i
/i/
Close front unrounded vowel
o
/o/
Close-mid back rounded vowel
u
/u/
Close back rounded vowel
ō/oɪ
/oɪ/
Falling back-to-front diphthong
ö/oɑ
/oɑ/
Back open falling diphthong
ü/uɪ
/uɪ/
High back to high front diphthong
y/ja
/ja/
Palatal glide + open vowel sequence
p
/p/
Voiceless bilabial plosive
t
/t/
Voiceless alveolar plosive
k/g
/k/
Voiceless velar plosive or Voiced velar plosive
m
/m/
Voiced bilabial nasal
n
/n/
Voiced alveolar nasal
ŋ
/ŋ/
Voiced velar nasal
s
/s/
Voiceless alveolar sibilant
h
/h/
Voiceless glottal fricative
j/dʒ
/dʒ/
Voiced postalveolar affricate
r
/r/
Voiced alveolar trill