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Help on Tuvan phonetics
| Tuvan Letters | Phonetic Symbol | English Example | Phonetic Description |
| А а | a | 'lama' | low back unrounded vowel |
| Б б | b | 'bat' | voiced (or unaspirated) bilabial plosive) |
| В в | v | 'vat' | voiced labio-dental approximant |
| Г г | g | 'go' | voiced velar plosive or voiced velar fricative |
| Д д | d | 'do' | voiced (or unaspirated) alveolar plosive) |
| Е е | e / je | 'end' / 'yellow' | mid front unrounded vowel / palatal glide + mid front unrounded vowel |
| Ё ё | jo | 'yodel' | palatal glide + mid back rounded vowel |
| Ж ж | ž | 'pleasure' | voiced palatal fricative |
| З з | z | 'zoo' | voiced alveolar fricative |
| И и | i | 'evil' | high front unrounded vowel |
| Й й | j | 'yo-yo' | palatal glide |
| К к | k | 'cat' | voiceless velar plosive |
| Л л | l | 'lama' | alveolar lateral |
| М м | m | 'moon' | bilabial nasal |
| Н н | n | 'no' | alveolar nasal |
| ӊ | ŋ | 'sing' | velar nasal (never appears word-initially) |
| О о | o | 'so' | mid back rounded vowel |
| Ө ө | ö | Not found in English | mid front rounded vowel |
| П п | p | 'pod' | voiceless (or aspirated) bilabial plosive |
| Р р | r | Not found in English | alveolar trill |
| С с | s | 'so' | voiceless alveolar fricative |
| Т т | t | 'toe' | voiceless (or aspirated) alveolar plosive |
| У у | u | 'fool' | high back rounded vowel |
| Ү ү | ü | Not found in English | high front rounded vowel |
| Ф ф | f | 'fit' | labio-dental voiceless fricative (only in Russian loanwords) |
| Х х | x | 'Bach' | voiceless velar fricative |
| Ц ц | ts | 'cats' | voiceless alveolar plosive + voiceless alveolar fricative (Russian loanwords) |
| Ч ч | č | 'chew' | voiceless (sometimes voiced) palatal affricate |
| Ш ш | š | 'show' | voiceless palatal fricative |
| Щ щ | šč | 'fish channel' | voiceless palatal fricative + voiceless palatal affricate (Russian loanwords) |
| ъ | ` | Not found in English | preceeding vowel is pronounced with low pitch |
| Ы ы | y | Not found in English | high back unrounded vowel |
| ь | preceeding consonant is palatized (only in Russian loanwords) | ||
| Э э | e | 'end' | mid front unrounded vowel |
| Ю ю | ju | 'you' | palatal glide + high back rounded vowel |
| Я я | ja | 'yacht' | palatal glide + low back unrounded vowel |