Muniche Letter |
Phonetic Symbol |
English Example | Phonetic Description | ||
a | a | 'father' | low front unrounded vowel | ||
ch | tʃ | 'child' | postalveolar affricate | ||
ç | ç | Not found in English, nicht in German | palatal fricative | ||
d | d | 'delight' | voiced alveolar stop | ||
e | e | 'yes' | mid-high front unrounded vowel | ||
f | Ф | Not found in English | voiceless bilabial fricative | ||
g | g | 'get' | voiced alveolar fricative | ||
h | h | 'hello' | glottal fricative | ||
i | i | 'evil' | high front unrounded vowel | ||
j | x | Not found in English, jalepeño in Spanish | velar fricative | ||
k | k | 'cat' | voiceless velar plosive | ||
ky | c | Not found in English | palatal stop | ||
l | l | 'look' | alveolar lateral approximant | ||
m | m | 'moon' | bilabial nasal | ||
n | n | 'no' | alveolar nasal | ||
ñ | ? | cognac | palatal nasal | ||
p | p | 'pod' | voiceless (or aspirated) bilabial plosive | ||
r | r | Not found in English | alveolar flap | ||
s | s | 'so' | voiceless alveolar fricative | ||
sh | ? | 'show' | postalveolar fricative | ||
t | t | 'toe' | voiceless (or aspirated) alveolar plosive | ||
ts | ts | 'cats' | voiceless alveolar plosive + voiceless alveolar fricative | ||
tz | t? | Not found in English | retroflex affricate | ||
u | u | 'fool' | high back rounded vowel | ||
ü | ? | Not found in English | high back unrounded vowel | ||
w | w | 'however' | voiced labialized velar approximant | ||
y | j | 'yo-yo' | palatal glide | ||
zh | ? | Not found in English | palatal glide + low back unrounded vowel | ||
' | ? | Not found in English | glottal stop |