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a
aŋ
č
čh
č’
d
e
ǧ
h
ȟ
i
iŋ
k
kh
kȟ
k’
m
n
o
p
ph
pȟ
p’
s
š
t
th
tȟ
t’
u
uŋ
w
y
z
ž
’
The little slash on top of a vowel (á é í ó ú áŋ íŋ úŋ) shows which part of the word is loudest.
aǧúyapi
a
like in f
a
ther
asáŋpi
aŋ
the sound
a
pronounced through the nose, in sw
am
p
ičábu
č
like
ch
in discharge(i.e. no air behind it)
čhiyé
čh
like in
ch
eese
nič’ú
č’
like č followed by a glottal stop
ógde
d
like in
d
og
bébena
e
like in b
e
d
ǧí
ǧ
a gutteral sound, like gargling water
hiŋháŋ
h
like in
h
ouse
ȟóta
ȟ
like in Spanish
J
uan
zí
i
like in s
i
t
íŋyaŋ
iŋ
like s
in
g
kimímina
k
like k in skill(i.e. no air behind it)
khukhúše
kh
like k in
k
ill
kȟáŋta
kh
the sound k followed by ȟ
čík’ana
k’
like k followed by a glottal stop
mayá
m
like in
m
ap
núŋpa
n
like in
n
ap
osní
o
like in the Canadian way of saying “
oh
geez!”
pápa
p
like p in in s
p
ill(i.e. no air behind it)
pheží
ph
like in
p
ill
wapȟáha
pȟ
the sound p followed by ȟ
wanáp’iŋ
p’
the sound p followed by a glottal stop
ská
s
like in
s
o
šá
š
like in
sh
ip
tópa
t
like in s
t
ill(i.e. no air behind it)
thípi
th
like in
t
ill
tȟadó
tȟ
the sound t followed by ȟ
t’á
t’
the sound t followed by a glottal stop
wagmú
u
like in the Spanish way of saying “C
u
ba”
uŋzóǧe
uŋ
the sound u pronounced through the nose, a bit like in m
oo
n
wówapi
w
like in
w
ell
yámni
y
like in
y
es
zitkána
z
like in
z
ero
ižáŋžaŋ
ž
like s in plea
s
ure
naȟ’úŋ
’
a stop in speech