Alphabet
Script symbols and their phonetic representations
a
/a/
Open front unrounded vowel
e
/e/
Close-mid front unrounded vowel
y
/y/
Close front rounded vowel
o
/o, o̞/
Close-mid back rounded vowel
u
/u/
Close back rounded vowel
ɛ
/ɛ/
Open-mid front unrounded vowel
ə
/ə/
Mid central vowel
i
/i/
Close front unrounded vowel
ʔ
/ʔ/
Glottal stop
d
/d/
Voiced alveolar plosive
ḍ/ɖ
/ɖ/
Voiced retroflex plosive
t
/t/
Voiceless alveolar plosive
ṭ/ʈ
/ʈ/
Voiceless retroflex plosive
ṇ/ɳ
/ɳ/
Voiced retroflex nasal
z
/z/
Voiced alveolar fricative
ž/ʐ
/ʐ/
Voiced retroflex fricative
s
/s/
Voiceless alveolar sibilant
š/ʂ
/ʂ/
Voiceless retroflex fricative
b
/b/
Voiced bilabial plosive
r/ɹ
/ɹ/
Voiced alveolar approximant
f
/f/
Voiceless labiodental fricative
g
/g/
Voiced velar plosive
h
/h/
Voiceless glottal fricative
j
/j/
Voiced palatal approximant
k
/k/
Voiceless velar plosive
l
/l/
Voiced alveolar lateral approximant
m
/m/
Voiced bilabial nasal
n
/n/
Voiced alveolar nasal
p
/p/
Voiceless bilabial plosive
v
/v/
Voiced labiodental fricative
w
/w/
Voiced labial–velar approximant
x
/x/
Voiceless velar fricative