Alphabet
Script symbols and their phonetic representations
a
/a/
Open central/front unrounded vowel
ɑ/â
/ɑ/
Marginal open back unrounded vowel in heavy open-dark roots
e
/e/
Close-mid front unrounded vowel
i
/i/
Close front unrounded vowel
ɨ/y
/ɨ/
Close central unrounded vowel
o
/o/
Close-mid back rounded vowel
u
/u/
Close back rounded vowel
m
/m/
Voiced bilabial nasal, low release class
n
/n/
Voiced alveolar nasal, middle release class
ŋ/ng
/ŋ/
Voiced velar nasal, high release class
ʙ/bh
/ʙ/
Voiced bilabial trill
ħ/hh
/ħ/
Voiceless pharyngeal fricative
h
/h/
Voiceless glottal fricative
ʘ/qʼ
/ʘ/
Dental click/contact-pressure sign
ʔ/'
/ʔ/
Glottal stop