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| Consonants
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| b
|
bló
|
about
|
| tʃ
|
wašíču
|
check
|
| tʃʰ
|
héčhena
|
choose
|
| tʃʼ
|
šič’éši
|
check, but with a pause afterwards
|
| g
|
ógle
|
again
|
| ʁ
|
ǧí
|
Northumbrian burr
|
| h
|
wóžuha
|
hat
|
| x
|
ȟóta
|
Spanish jota
|
| k
|
ská
|
skin
|
| k’
|
k’éyaš
|
skin, but with a pause afterwards
|
| kʰ
|
wakhéya
|
cab
|
| kˣ
|
wakȟáŋ
|
like cab, but sharper
|
| l
|
hokšíla
|
life
|
| m
|
makȟá
|
man
|
| n
|
iná
|
not
|
| p
|
tópa
|
spot
|
| pʰ
|
ophíye
|
pot
|
| pˣ
|
pȟeží
|
like pot, but sharper
|
| p’
|
p’ó
|
spot, but with a pause afterwards
|
| s
|
tiyospaye
|
sun
|
| ʃ
|
tóške
|
shoe
|
| t
|
witkó
|
stand
|
| t’
|
t’élanuwela
|
stand, but with a pause afterwards
|
| tʰ
|
mathó
|
torn
|
| tˣ
|
tȟáwa
|
like torn, but sharper
|
| w
|
tuwá
|
well
|
| j
|
wíŋyaŋ
|
yes
|
| z
|
wazí
|
zip
|
| ʒ
|
maǧážu
|
measure
|
|
| Vowels
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| a
|
akézaptaŋ
|
hat
|
| ɛ
|
iye
|
bed
|
| ɪ
|
iš
|
bit
|
| ɔ
|
kȟolá
|
thought
|
| ʊ
|
táku
|
push
|
| ə̃
|
waŋží
|
huh
|
| ɪ̃
|
siŋtésapela
|
bit, but nasalized
|
| ʊ̃
|
uŋkiye
|
push, but nasalized
|
|
- Ingham, Bruce. Lakota (Languages of the World).