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RONUNCIATION
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a
aŋ
č
čh
č’
e
ǧ
h
ȟ
i
iŋ
k
kh
k’
m
n
o
p
ph
p’
s
š
t
th
t’
u
uŋ
w
y
z
ž
’
The little slash on top of a vowel (á é í ó ú áŋ íŋ úŋ) shows which part of the word is loudest.
aǧúyapi
a
like in f
a
ther
áŋpa né
aŋ
the sound
a
pronounced through the nose, in sw
am
p
wikčémna
č
like
ch
in discharge(i.e. no air behind it)
or when it occurs between vowels
iŋčánu
č
like j in a
j
ar
čháŋ
čh
like in
ch
eese
iŋč’ínahomni
č’
like č followed by a glottal stop
thaté
e
like in b
e
d
núǧe
ǧ
a gutteral sound, like gargling water
hú
h
like in
h
ouse
ȟóta
ȟ
like in Spanish
J
uan
istó
i
like in s
i
t
iŋkhú
iŋ
like s
in
g
kiškána
k
like k in skill(i.e. no air behind it)
or when it occurs between vowels
šúŋka
k
like g in e
g
o
makhú
kh
like k in
k
ill
ak’íŋ
k’
like k followed by a glottal stop
mayá
m
like in
m
ap
niséhu
n
like in
n
ap
osní
o
like in the Canadian way of saying “
oh
geez!”
pahá
p
like p in in s
p
ill(i.e. no air behind it)
or when it occurs between vowels
sápa
p
like b in o
b
oe
phahá
ph
like in
p
ill
čhup’ó
p’
the sound p followed by a glottal stop
ská
s
like in
s
o
šiná
š
like in
sh
ip
tópa
t
like in s
t
ill(i.e. no air behind it)
or when it occurs between vowels
até
t
like d in a
d
apt
thípi
th
like in
t
ill
t’á
t’
the sound t followed by a glottal stop
púza
u
like in the Spanish way of saying “C
u
ba”
huŋská
uŋ
the sound u pronounced through the nose, a bit like in m
oo
n
waówapi
w
like in
w
ell
yámni
y
like in
y
es
zí
z
like in
z
ero
pheží
ž
like s in plea
s
ure
wačhís’a
’
a stop in speech