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| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
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| b | bunaⓘ,bler | bike | | d | dentⓘ,dubel | done | | dʑ[1] | agidⓘ,jet | dew (British English) | | f | fitg,flad,clavⓘ | fast | | ɡ | gatⓘ,galant | gas | | k | carr, architect,augⓘ,kiosc,quai | scar | | l | lavarⓘ, milli, val | lip | | ʎ | eglⓘ,glieudⓘ,biglietⓘ | roughly like million | | m | milli,umⓘ | mother | | n | naninⓘ, onns | nest | | ŋ | saungⓘ,lungatgⓘ | sing | | ɲ | bognⓘ,gniervⓘ | roughly like canyon | | p | papetariaⓘ, appartament, verb | spin | | r | ʁ[2] | rodaⓘ,carrⓘ, meglra | water (American English)or Frenchrose | | s | vossaⓘ,nusⓘ | sorry | | ʃ | schanza,glischⓘ,puspeiⓘ,scopo | ship | | t | teaterⓘ,ti, agid | star | | ts | cefraⓘ, bellezza,zunt | cats | | tɕ[1] | chasaⓘ,tgaminⓘ | stew (British English) | | tʃ | rumantschⓘ,tschetschapuorlaⓘ | chew | | v | gravaⓘ,watt | vent | | z | casaⓘ,rosaⓘ | zipper | | ʒ | sbaglⓘ,Svizra, branscha,Grischunⓘ | measure | | Marginal consonants |
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| h[3] | haluncsⓘ,hobi | hat | | Dialectal consonants |
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| ç | amihⓘ | hue | | Semivowels |
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| j | jeuⓘ, Italia,yak | you | | w | quelⓘ,ual,walkman | wine |
| | Vowels |
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| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
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| a | bancⓘ, clav | roughly like father | | ə ~ ɐ[4] | casaⓘ,mellenⓘ | commaor gut | | e | bler,pérⓘ | roughly like pay | | ɛ | è,pèrⓘ | bed | | i | ti,historicⓘ | see | | ɔ | pomⓘ, toc | off | | o | biroⓘ,ovra | law (British English) | | u | o ~ ʊ[2] | bun,udirⓘ | toolor pull | | Dialectal vowels[5] |
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| ø | chaschölⓘ,öglⓘ | roughly like hurt | | y | mürⓘ,büglⓘ | roughly like cute | | | | Suprasegmentals |
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| IPA | Examples | English example |
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| ˈ | combaⓘ[ˈkɔmbɐ] | bottle | | ˌ | libramain[ˌlibrəˈmaːi̯n] | intonation | | . | gïunist[dʑi.uˈniʃt] | moai | | ː | darⓘ[daːr] | long vowel | | ◌̯[6] | cuortⓘ[kuɔ̯rt] | now |
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