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!Kunwok!!IPA!!Example!!Comments |
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| a || [[wikipedia:Open back unrounded vowel|ɑ]] || m'''a'''h (ok) || father |
| a || [[wikipedia:Open back unrounded vowel|ɑ]] || m'''a'''h (ok) || a as in father |
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| b || b || '''b'''o'''b'''o (bye) || b as in baby |
| b || b || '''b'''o'''b'''o (bye) || b as in baby |
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| rn || [[wikipedia:Retroflex nasal|ɳ]] || birriwe'''rn''' (everyone) || like n but with tongue tip curled back |
| rn || [[wikipedia:Retroflex nasal|ɳ]] || birriwe'''rn''' (everyone) || like n but with tongue tip curled back |
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| o || [[wikipedia:Open back rounded vowel|ɒ]] || kunw'''o'''k (language) || o as in not (UK, Australian) or thought (US) |
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| r || [[wikipedia:Retroflex approximant|ɻ]] |
| r || [[wikipedia:Retroflex approximant|ɻ]] |
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| rr || [[wikipedia:Dental and alveolar flaps|ɾ]] or [[wikipedia:Dental, alveolar and postalveolar trills|r]] |
| rr || [[wikipedia:Dental and alveolar flaps|ɾ]] or [[wikipedia:Dental, alveolar and postalveolar trills|r]] |
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| u || u || k'''u'''nd'''u'''lk (tree) || u as in boot (US, UK), u as in book (Australian) |
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| w || w || '''w'''ak'''w'''ak (crow) || w as in wet |
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| y || j || '''y'''oh (yes) || y as in yes |
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Revision as of 07:50, 26 January 2018
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 |
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| 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 | ||
| rr | ɾ or r | ||
| 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 |
