IPA Symbol

Description

IPA Symbol

Description

/b/

bilabial voiced stop (boy)

/t/

denti-alveolar voiceless stop (to)

/k/

velar voiceless stop (kite)

/q/

uvular voiceless stop (qaal: said)

/s/

alvealor voiceless fricative (so)

/h/

glottal voiceless fricative (hat)

/ɦ/

pharyngeal voiceless fricative (ɦayaah: life)

/ʕ/

pharyngeal voiced fricative (ʕalii: Ali)

/Ɂ/

glottal voiceless stop (Ɂɪnna: that)

/r/

retroflex voiced fricative (rat)

/n/

alveolar voiceless nasal (no)

/m/

bilabial voiced nasal (man)

/l/

alveolar voiced lateral (love)

/y/

palatal voiced gliding (yellow)

Vowels

/ɪ/

high front short unrounded (sit)

/a/

low mid short unrounded

/u/

high back short rounded (put)

Length of a vowel is shown by doubling the vowel

Gemination is shown by doubling the consonant letter