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LING/AIS 210 American Indian Languages Spring 2004, IPA Cheat Sheet Page 1 of 3 Transcribing Consonants - the consonants

s used in English (and also in many other languages) English Word Place of Manner of IPA Symbol Word (IPA) Voicing sound is articulation Articulation underlined p pin pn bilabial stop unvoiced b bin bn bilabial stop voiced t tin tn alveolar stop unvoiced d din dn alveolar stop voiced k kin kn velar stop unvoiced g give gv velar stop voiced t chin tn alveolar affricate unvoiced d gin dn alveolar affricate voiced f fin fn labiodental fricative unvoiced v vim vm labiodental fricative voiced thin n interdental fricative unvoiced this s interdental fricative voiced s sin sn alveolar fricative unvoiced z zing z alveolar fricative voiced shin n palatal fricative unvoiced measure mr palatal fricative voiced h hit ht glottal fricative unvoiced m mock mak bilabial nasal voiced n knock nak alveolar nasal voiced thing velar nasal voiced r wrong ra retroflex liquid voiced l long la lateral liquid voiced w wasp wasp bilabial glide voiced j yacht jat palatal glide voiced

LING/AIS 210 American Indian Languages Spring 2004, IPA Cheat Sheet Page 2 of 3 Transcribing Consonants - some consonants not used in English, but found in some American Indian Languages IPA Symbol Comment Language examples: "glottal stop" - this is the sound that's in the English word "Uh oh", and that separates the two Tohono O'odham, Hopi, others syllables of that word from each other. the apostrophe after a consonant means that the consonant is "glottalized". This means that it Western Apache, Navajo, p', k', t' (etc) is articulated with a glottal stop Quechua, others at the same time as the rest of the consonant. "geminate" - this is a consonant that has a long duration compared to the 'non-geminate' pp, kk, tt (etc) Lake Miwok, Shoshoni, others version. Italian is a European language that uses geminate consonants. "labialized" - consonants are articulated with lip rounding, pw, kw, tw Hopi, Shoshoni, others creating a little 'w' sound. "aspirated" - consonants are created with a little extra puff of ph, kh, th air (like the "p" in the English Quechua, Navajo, others word "pin" as opposed to the "p" in the English word "spin"). Transcribing Vowels - vowels used in English, (and also in many other languages) English Word IPA Symbol Word (IPA) height front-back rounding/tension sound is underlined i e a u o peat pit pate pet pat pot putt another ruse put rose caught pit pt pet pt pt pat pt nr ruz pt roz kt high high mid mid low low mid mid high high mid low-mid front front front front front central central central back back back back unround/tense unround/lax unround/tense unround/lax unround/lax unround/lax unround/lax (stressed) unround/lax (unstressed) round/tense round/lax round/tense round/tense

LING/AIS 210 American Indian Languages Spring 2004, IPA Cheat Sheet Page 3 of 3 Transcribing Diphthongs - Diphthongs are vowel-vowel or vowel-glide combinations that are pronounced like a single (vowel) sound: English Word - sound is IPA Symbol Word (IPA) underlined aj j aw rise noise rouse rajz njz rawz

Transcribing Vowels - some vowels not used in English, but found in some American Indian languages IPA Symbol Comment Language examples: "barred-i" This is a sound sort of like the one spelled by - but Tohono O'odham pronounced with the tongue a little higher in the mouth. "Long vowel" - these have the same quality as the IPA value Tohono O'odham, Navajo, Hopi, from the table above, but they other are pronounced with long duration "Voiceless vowel" - sounds like Tohono O'odham a whispered vowel "Nasal vowel" - pronounced with air flow through the nasal Navajo, Western Apache, others cavity as well as the oral cavity

a:, i:, o: etc. or aa, ii, oo etc.

, etc. , , e, etc. or , , etc.

Much of this page was borrowed from the resources made available by : http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/sampa/english-uni.htm Maintained by J.C. Wells. Created 1995 09 19. Unicode/IPA version 1999 04 29.

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