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vEk] ‘a man’ and díçe [»dItSE] ‘he goes.’
û is like the ‘oo’ in ‘boot,’ IPA [u], as in bûn [bun] ‘to be.’
u is like the ‘u’ in ‘put’ and ‘bull,’ IPA [U], as in du [dU] ‘two’; the sequences
gu and ku are pronounced by some as [gµE] and [kµE], particularly
in closed syllables like gur ‘wolf,’ pronounced either [gµER] or
[gUR].
o is like the ‘oa’ in ‘boat,’ IPA [o], without the w-offglide of English, as
in nod [nod] ‘ninety.’
a is like the ‘a’ in ‘father’ and ‘balm,’ IPA [A], as in bav [bAv] ‘father.’
Consonants:
bilabial labiodental dental/alveolar palatal velar uvular glotto-pharyngeal
plosive p, p t, t k, k q
b d g
fricative f s x h, h
nasal m n
v z x ‘
ş ç, ç
j c
approximate w y
flap, trill r, r
lateral l
b is the ‘b’ of English [b]
c is pronounced like the ‘j’ in ‘judge’ [dZ]
ç is the aspirated ‘ch’ like the ‘ch’ in ‘church’ [tSH] (see below)
ç is the unaspirated ‘ch’ of English ‘eschew’ plus pharyngealization [tS ÷ ]
(see below)
d is like the ‘d’ of English [d]
f is like the ‘f’ of English [f]
g is the hard ‘g’ of English, as in ‘go’ [g]
h is like the ‘h’ of English [h]
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