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Help on Koro phonetics
Koro Letters | Phonetic Symbol | English Example | Phonetic Description |
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Consonants | |||
p | p | ‘pat’ | voiceless bilabial plosive |
b | b | ‘bat’ | voiced bilabial plosive |
t | t | ‘toe’ | voiceless alveolar plosive |
d | d | ‘dog’ | voiced alveolar plosive |
k | k | ‘cat’ | voiceless velar plosive |
g | g | ‘go’ | voiced velar plosive |
ɸ | ɸ | Not found in English. | bilabial voiceless fricative |
ʋ | ʋ | Not found in English. | bilabial voiced fricative |
s | s | ‘so’ | voiceless alveolar fricative |
ʃ | ʃ | ‘she’ | voiceless postalveolar fricative |
ʒ | ʒ | ‘version’ | voiced postalveolar fricative |
ʧ | ʧ | ‘chip’ | voiceless palato-alveolar approximant |
ʤ | ʤ | ‘jam’ | voiced palato-alveolar approximant |
h | h | ‘had’ | voiceless glottal fricative |
m | m | ‘moon’ | bilabial nasal |
n | n | ‘no’ | alveolar nasal |
ɲ | ɲ | ‘onion’ | palatal nasal |
ŋ | ŋ | ‘sing’ | velar nasal |
l | l | ‘late’ | alveolar lateral approximant |
r | r | Not found in English. | alveolar trill |
w | w | ‘wind’ | voiced labial-velar approximant |
j | j | ‘yak’ | palatal glide |
Vowels | |||
a | a | ‘father’ | low back unrounded vowel |
e | ɛ | ‘fret’ | mid front unrounded vowel |
i | i | ‘bee’ | high front unrounded vowel |
o | o | ‘so’ | mid back rounded vowel |
u | u | ‘soup’ | high back rounded vowel |
ɨ | ɨ | Not found in English. | central high unrounded vowel |
ə | ə | ‘about’ | central mid unrounded vowel |
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