User:Masako/nkala

Letter	IPA	English
a	/a/	most similar to a as in "father"
b	/b/	b as in "stable"
c	/t͡s/, /t͡ʃ/, /ʃ/	ts as in "cats", ch in "church", or like sh in "shoe"
d	/d/	d as in "adopt"
e	/e/, /ɛ/	most similar to e as in "egg" or e as in "bet"
g	/g/	hard g as in "go"
h	/h/	h as in "hat", "ahoy"
i	/i/, /ɪ/	i as in "machine", ee in "bee"
j	/ʒ/	s as in "pleasure, measure" or g in "mirage, beige"
k	/k/	k as in "skin, skip"
l	/l/	most similar to l as in "lamb"
m	/m/	m as in "admit"
n	/n/	n as in "analogy"
o	/o/	most similar to o as in "or"
p	/p/	p as in "spin, spark"
r	/ɾ/	tapped or rolled r
s	/s/	s as in "east"
t	/t/	t as in "stake, stop"
u	/u/	u as in "duma", "dugong" or oo in "moon"
v	/v/	v as in "avoid"
y	/j/	y as in "yes"
z	/z/	z as in "zebra"