Help:IPA/Northern Ohlone

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Northern Ohlone pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants IPA Examples English approximation h hašap, čihau horse, ahead hː nehhe like horse but held longer j yuwwa, hooyo, kiiy yellow jː oyyo, mayyan may you k kaana, Muwekma, hiilok cat kː akka, makkin bookkeeper kʷ kweṭe question kʷː akkwwe black quail l loskowis, alšip listen lː elle illegal m meene, amham, hiram man mː ammamak, himmen immobile n nonwente, hašnayi, uwweton nose nː rinni, ṭenne innervate ɲ Čočenyo, miinyi onion ɲː annyiš like onion but held longer p piin, hašapikne speed pː mak-appa, neppe soap-pan ɾ ruumeš, uurus, mur atom (with flapping) ɾː irrite trilled r as in Spanish perro s sii, jawwasin, uurus sack sː sassuwe ice circle ʃ šettet, horše, kaaniš shell ʃː išša, huššiš fish shelter t tuuhi, siitka, mayt time tː atta, attuš right time t͡s tsiikau, atsiakis, ketnets tsunami (pronouncing the t-) t͡sː tsottso at Tsushima t͡ʃ Čočenyo, kučuwiš chance t͡ʃː ričča, aččamak fat chance ʈ ṭoot, peṭesin like time but with tongue touching the roof of the mouth ʈː uṭṭin like right time but with tongue touching the roof of the mouth w warep, uwetton, yuw water wː yuwwa, tawwa low water x Hučyun, arkeh Bach, loch xː nuhhu, ihhis like loch but held longer ʔ ‘ek-raakat, pii‘i uh-oh

Vowels IPA Examples English approximation ɑ akkam, makkam bra ɑː aana, waaka (long a) i iwki, hiram city iː šiitiš see o oyyo, kormei go oː yoos go u uwetton, nuhhu root uː uuner, tuupen too ɛ ek-ruwwai, ketnets length ɛː meene mate Stress IPA Note ˈ Primary stress: acute placed above vowel (only the first vowel in a digraph, eg. kiškáayi).