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The charts below show the way in which theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents pronunciations of mostAustralian Aboriginal languages in Wikipedia articles. Only a few languages on the continent have sounds not in the tables below. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, seeTemplate:IPA andWikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
| IPA | English approximation |
|---|---|
| b̥,b | spy,by[1] |
| d̥,d | stool,do[1][2] |
| d̪̥,d̪ | width[1][2] |
| ɖ̥,ɖ | strudle,drew[1][3] |
| ɡ̊,ɡ | sky,guy[1] |
| ɟ̊,ɟ | skew, argue[1][4] |
| j | yes |
| l[2] | lose |
| l̪[2] | wealth |
| ɭ | heirloom[3] |
| ʎ | million, (UK)lewd[4] |
| m | mother |
| n[2] | noose |
| n̪[2] | tenth |
| ɳ | Arnold[3] |
| ɲ | canyon, (UK)new[4] |
| ŋ | sing |
| r | SpanishRío |
| ɾ | atom (US) |
| ɹ | red |
| ɽ | barter (US)[3] |
| ɻ | red (some Irish or West Country dialects; pronounced with rounded lips) |
| w | water |
| IPA | English approximation |
|---|---|
| a | father |
| e | bade[5] |
| ə | sofa |
| i,ɪ | see, sit[5] |
| o | bore[5] |
| u,ʊ | fool, full[5] |
| ː | (long vowel); influence (short) vs. food (long) |