Pronunciation

Notes: voicing..., breaking words into syllables (so you know how to say, e.g. kukak), international phonetic alphabet (special sounds are linked to more info) Wikipedia:IPA vowel chart with audio

Kunwok	IPA	Example	Comments
a	ɑ	mah (ok)	a as in father
b	b	bobo (bye)	b as in baby
d	d	daluk (woman)	d as in dog
dj	ɟ	djedje (woman's child)	j as in jam (but with tongue body against hard palate)
rd	ɖ	wurdurd (child)	like d but with tongue tip curled back
e	ɛ	kunkeb (nose)	e as in pet (not before ng)
e	æ	bebmeng (arrived)	a as in cat (before ng)
h	ʔ	yoh (yes)	glottal stop, like tt in bottle in some English dialects
i	i	bininj (man)	e as in beet (but with the tongue body pushed up)
k	k	daluk (woman)	k but with no aspiration (at end of syllable)
k	g	kured (camp)	g as in game (at start of syllable)
l	l	delek (white clay)	l as in long
rl	ɭ	berluh (aunty)	like l but with tongue tip curled back
m	m	manme (food)	m as in man
n	n	nayin (snake)	n as in nose
ng	ŋ	ngalyod (rainbow serpent)	ng as in sing
nj	ɲ	njale (what)	gn as in gnocci
rn	ɳ	birriwern (everyone)	like n but with tongue tip curled back
o	ɒ	kunwok (language)	o as in not (UK, Australian) or thought (US)
r	ɻ	kured (camp)	r as in red (but with tongue tip curled back further)
rr	ɾ or r	djarrang (horse)	t as in water (said like a fast d) or else rolled r as in Scottish English
u	u	kundulk (tree)	u as in boot (US, UK), u as in book (Australian)
w	w	wakwak (crow)	w as in wet
y	j	yoh (yes)	y as in yes