Symbol | Examples | Description |
A |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Spanish casa, French patte, German Mann |
For many English speakers, the first part of the ow sound in cow. Found in some dialects of English in cat or father. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
German Aachen, French gare |
Long [a]. |
[ ɐ ] |
RP cut, German Kaiserslautern |
(With English, [ɐ] is normally written "[ʌ]".) |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Finnish Linna, Dutch bad |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
RP father, French pâte |
Long [ɑ]. |
[ ɑ̃ ] |
French Caen, sans, temps |
Nasalized [ɑ]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
RP cot |
Like [ɑ], but with the lips slightly rounded. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
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Like [ɔ], but without the lips being rounded. (When "[ʌ]" is used for English, it may really be [ɐ] or [ɜ].) |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
RP cat |
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B |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English babble |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Swahili bwana |
Like a [b] said with a gulp. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
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Like the brrr sound made when cold. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Spanish la Bamba |
Like [b], but with the lips not quite touching. |
C |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Turkish kebap "kebab", Czech stín "shadow" |
Between English tune (RP) and cute. Sometimes used instead for [tʃ] in languages like Hindi. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
German Ich |
More y-like than [x]. Some English speakers have a similar sound in huge. To produce this sound, try whispering loudly the word "ye" as in "Hear ye!". |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Mandarin Xi'an, Polish ściana |
More y-like than [ʃ]; something like English she. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
see under O |
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D |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English did |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Swahili Dodoma |
Like [d] said with a gulp. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
American English harder |
Like [d] with the tongue curled or pulled back. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English the, bathe |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe1 |
English adze, Italian zero |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe1 |
English judge |
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[ dʑ ] 1 |
Polish niedźwiedź "bear" |
Like [dʒ], but with more of a y-sound. |
[ dʐ ] 1 |
Polish dżem "jam" |
Like [dʒ] with the tongue curled or pulled back. |
E |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Spanish fe; French clé |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
German Klee |
Long [e]. Similar to English hey, before the y sets in. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English above, Hindi ठग [ʈʰəɡ] (thug) "thief" |
(Only occurs in English when not stressed.) |
[ ɚ ] |
American English runner |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English bet |
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[ ɛ̃ ] |
French Agen, vin, main |
Nasalized [ɛ]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
RP bird (long) |
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[ ɝ ] |
American English bird |
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F |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English fun |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
see under J |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
see under J |
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G |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English gig |
(no different from the symbol "g") |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Swahili Uganda |
Like [ɡ] said with a gulp. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
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Like [ɡ], but further back, in the throat. Found in some Arabic dialects for /q/, as in Gaddafi. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
see under Z |
English beige. |
H |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
American English house |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English ahead, when said quickly. |
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[ ʰ ] |
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The extra puff of air in English top [tʰɒp] compared to stop [stɒp], or to French or Spanish [t]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Arabic محمد Muhammad |
Far down in the throat, like [h], but stronger. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
see under U |
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[ ɮ ] |
see under L |
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I |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
French ville, Spanish Valladolid |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English sea |
Long [i]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English sit |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Russian ты "you" |
Often used for unstressed English roses. |
J |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English yes, German Junge |
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[ ʲ ] |
Russian Ленин [lʲeˈnʲɪn] |
Indicates a sound is more y-like. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Spanish cayo (some dialects) |
Like [j], but stronger. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Turkish gör "see", Czech díra "hole" |
Between English dew (RP) and argue. Sometimes used instead for [dʒ] in languages like Hindi. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Swahili jambo |
Like [ɟ] said with a gulp. |
K |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English kick, skip |
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L |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English leaf |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English wool Russian малый [ˈmɑɫɨj] "small" |
"Dark" el. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Welsh llwyd [ɬʊɪd] "grey" Zulu hlala [ɬaːla] "sit" |
Rather like [l] and [ʃ] or [l] and [θ] said together. Found in Welsh names like Lloyd and Llywelyn and Nelson Mandela's Xhosa name Rolihlahla. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
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Like [l] with the tongue curled or pulled back. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
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A flapped [l], like [l] and [ɾ] said together. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Zulu dla "eat" |
Rather like [l] and [ʒ], or [l] and [ð], said together. |
M |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English mime |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English symphony |
Like [m], but lips touch teeth as they do in [f]. |
[ ɯ ] |
see under W |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
see under W |
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N |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English nun |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English sing |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Spanish Peña, French champagne |
Rather like English canyon. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Hindi वरुण [ʋəruɳ] "Varuna" |
Like [n] with the tongue curled or pulled back. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Castilian Spanish Don Juan [doɴˈχwan] |
Like [ŋ], but further back, in the throat. |
O |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Spanish no, French eau |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
German Boden, French Vosges |
Long [o]. Somewhat reminiscent of English no. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
German Oldenburg, French Garonne |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
RP law, French Limoges |
Long [ɔ]. |
[ ɔ̃ ] |
French Lyon, son |
Nasalized [ɔ]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
French feu, bœufs |
Like [e], but with the lips rounded like [o]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
German Goethe, French Deûle, neutre |
Long [ø]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Swedish dum |
Halfway between [o] and [ø]. Similar to [ʊ] but with the tongue slightly more down and front. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
French bœuf, seul, German Göttingen |
Like [ɛ], but with the lips rounded like [ɔ]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
French œuvre, heure |
Long [œ]. |
[ œ̃ ] |
French brun, parfum |
Nasalized [œ]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English thigh, bath |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Japanese 富士 [ɸɯdʑi] Fuji |
Like [p], but with the lips not quite touching |
P |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English pip, spit |
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Q |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Arabic Qur’ān |
Like [k], but further back, in the throat. |
R |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Spanish perro, Scots borrow |
"Rolled R". (Generally used for English [ɹ] when there's no need to be precise.) |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Spanish pero, American English kitty/kiddie |
"Flapped R". |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
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A trill in the back of the throat. Found for /r/ in some conservative registers of French. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Hindi साड़ी [sɑːɽiː] "sari" |
Like flapped [ɾ], but with the tongue curled back. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
RP borrow |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
American English borrow, butter |
Like [ɹ], but with the tongue curled or pulled back, as pronounced by many English speakers. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
French Paris, German Riemann |
Said back in the throat, but not trilled. |
S |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English sass |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English she |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Mandarin Shàolín, Russian Пушкин (Pushkin) |
Acoustically similar to [ʃ], but with the tongue curled or pulled back.
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T |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English tot, stop |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Hindi ठग [ʈʰəɡ] (thug) "thief" |
Like [t], but with the tongue curled or pulled back. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe2 |
English cats, Russian царь tsar |
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[ tʃ ] 2 |
English church |
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[ tɕ ] 2 |
Mandarin 北京 සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe, Polish ciebie "you" |
Like [tʃ], but with more of a y-sound. |
[ tʂ ] 2 |
Mandarin zh, Polish cz |
Like [tʃ] with the tongue curled or pulled back . |
U |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
French vous "you" |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
French Rocquencourt, German Schumacher, close to RP food |
Long [u]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English foot, German Bundesrepublik |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Australian English food (long) |
Like [ɨ], but with the lips rounded as for [u]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
French lui |
Like [j] and [w] said together. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
see under W |
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V |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English verve |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Hindi वरुण [ʋəruɳə] "Varuna" |
Between [v] and [w]. Used by some Germans and Russians for v/w, and by some speakers of British English for r. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Arabic / Swahili ghali "expensive" |
Sounds rather like French [ʁ]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Mandarin Hénán |
Like [o] but without the lips rounded, something like a cross of [ʊ] and [ʌ]. |
[ ʌ ] |
see under A |
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W |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English wow |
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[ ʷ ] |
English rain [ɹʷeɪn] |
Indicates a sound has lip rounding, quick. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
what (some dialects) |
like [h] and [w] said together |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Turkish kayık "caïque" |
Like [u], but with the lips flat; something like [ʊ]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Spanish agua |
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X |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Scottish English loch, German Bach, Russian хороший [xɐˈroʂɨj] "good" |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Dutch Scheveningen, Castilian Spanish Don Juan [doɴˈχwan] |
Like [x], but further back , in the throat. Some German and Arabic speakers have [χ] for [x]. |
Y |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
French rue |
Like [i], but with the lips rounded as for [u]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
German Bülow, French sûr |
Long [y]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
German Eisenhüttenstadt |
Like [ɪ], but with the lips rounded as for [ʊ]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Spanish llama (Castilian) |
More y-like than [l]. Rather like English million. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
see under U |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
see under V |
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[ ɣ ] |
see under V |
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Z |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English zoos |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English vision, French journal |
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සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
formal Russian жжёшь [ʑːoʂ] "you burn", Polish źle |
More y-like than [ʒ], something like beigey. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Mandarin 人民日报 Rénmín Rìbào "People's Daily", Russian журнал "journal" |
Like [ʒ] with the tongue curled or pulled back . |
[ ɮ ] |
see under L |
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other |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English uh-oh, Hawai‘i, German die Angst |
The 'glottal stop', a catch in the breath. For some people, found in button [ˈbʌʔn̩], or between vowels across words: Deus ex machina [ˌdeɪəsˌʔɛksˈmɑːkɨnə]; in some nonstandard dialects, in a apple [ʌˈʔæpl̩]. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Arabic عربي (carabī) "Arabic" |
A light sound deep in the throat. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English tsk-tsk! or tut-tut!, Zulu icici "earring" |
(The English click used for disapproval.) Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including [ kǀ ], [ ɡǀ ], [ ŋǀ ]. The Zimbabwean MP Ncube has this click in his name, as did Cetshwayo. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
English tchick! tchick!, Zulu ixoxo "frog" |
(The English click used to urge on a horse.) Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including [ kǁ ], [ ɡǁ ], [ ŋǁ ]. Found in the name of the Xhosa. |
සැකිල්ල:Audio-pipe |
Zulu iqaqa "polecat" |
A hollow popping sound, like a cork pulled from a bottle. Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including [ kǃ ], [ ɡǃ ], [ ŋǃ ]. |