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Tags currently used:
Tags currently used:


* (AuE) = Australian English
* (ScE) = Scottish English
* (ScE) = Scottish English
* (WaE) = Welsh English
* (fra) = French
* (fra) = French
* (spa) = Spanish
* (≈) = almost equal to


 
=Vowels=
=Tables=


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: auto;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: auto;"
|+ [http://lojban.github.io/cll/3/2/ Vowels]
|+ Preferred
! lojban
! lojban
! IPA
! IPA
! Name
! Examples
! Examples
|-
|-
! a
! a
| [a], [ɑ]
| [a]
| f<u>a</u>ther, t<u>o</u>p
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowel Open front unrounded vowel]
| a in hat (WaE)
|-
|-
! e
! e
| [ɛ], [e]
| [ɛ]
| b<u>e</u>t, l<u>e</u>ns
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel Open-mid front unrounded vowel]
| e in bed
|-
|-
! i
! i
| [i]
| [i]
| gr<u>ee</u>n, mach<u>i</u>ne
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel Close front unrounded vowel]
| ee in free
|-
|-
! o
! o
| [o], [ɔ]
| [o]
| h<u>o</u>la (spa), g<u>o</u> (≈)
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_back_rounded_vowel Close-mid back rounded vowel]
| o in go (ScE)
|-
|-
! u
! u
| [u]
| [u]
| b<u>oo</u>t, sh<u>oe</u>
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_back_rounded_vowel Close back rounded vowel]
| oo in boot
|-
|-
! y
! y
| [ə]
| [ə]
| sof<u>a</u>, <u>a</u>bove
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-central_vowel Mid-central vowel]
| a in above
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: auto;"
|+ Allowed
! lojban
! IPA
! Name
! Examples
|-
! a
| [ɑ]
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_back_unrounded_vowel Open back unrounded vowel]
| a in father
|-
! e
| [e]
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_front_unrounded_vowel Close-mid front unrounded vowel]
| ay in play (ScE)
|-
! o
| [ɔ]
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_back_rounded_vowel Open-mid back rounded vowel]
| o in not (AuE)
|}
|}
=Diphthongs=




{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: auto;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: auto;"
|+ [http://lojban.github.io/cll/3/4/ Diphthongs]
! lojban
! lojban
! IPA
! IPA
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| <u>wa</u>s
| <u>wa</u>s
|}
|}
=Consonants=




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! c
! c
| [ʃ], [ʂ]
| [ʃ], [ʂ]
| <u>sh</u>irt, Engli<u>sh</u>
| sh in shape
|-
|-
! j
! j
| [ʒ], [ʐ]
| [ʒ], [ʐ]
| mea<u>s</u>ure, j in bonjour (fra)
| s in measure, j in bonjour (fra)
|-
|-
! x
! x
| [x]
| [x]
| lo<u>ch</u> (ScE)
| ch in loch (ScE)
|-
|-
! <nowiki>'</nowiki>
! <nowiki>'</nowiki>
| [h]
| [h]
| <u>h</u>ose
| h in hose
|-
|-
! dj
! dj
| [dʒ]
| [dʒ]
| <u>j</u>oke
| j in joke
|-
|-
! tc
! tc
| [tʃ]
| [tʃ]
| <u>ch</u>at
| ch in chat
|}
|}




{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: auto;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: auto;"
|+ [http://lojban.github.io/cll/3/2/ Consonants with variation]
|+ Allowing variation
! lojban
! lojban
! IPA
! IPA
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: auto;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: auto;"
|+ [http://lojban.github.io/cll/3/2/ Invariant consonants]
|+ Invariant
! lojban
! lojban
! IPA
! IPA
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| <u>z</u>inc
| <u>z</u>inc
|}
|}
=External Links=
* [http://lojban.github.io/cll/3/10/ Notes on IPA symbols used here.]
* [http://lojban.github.io/cll/3/2/ Alphabet]
* [http://lojban.github.io/cll/3/4/ Diphthongs]

Revision as of 08:30, 22 December 2014

Tags

Examples are either tagged with a language code or English dialect. Any example that is not tagged is considered "General American" (GA).

Tags currently used:

  • (AuE) = Australian English
  • (ScE) = Scottish English
  • (WaE) = Welsh English
  • (fra) = French

Vowels

Preferred
lojban IPA Name Examples
a [a] Open front unrounded vowel a in hat (WaE)
e [ɛ] Open-mid front unrounded vowel e in bed
i [i] Close front unrounded vowel ee in free
o [o] Close-mid back rounded vowel o in go (ScE)
u [u] Close back rounded vowel oo in boot
y [ə] Mid-central vowel a in above


Allowed
lojban IPA Name Examples
a [ɑ] Open back unrounded vowel a in father
e [e] Close-mid front unrounded vowel ay in play (ScE)
o [ɔ] Open-mid back rounded vowel o in not (AuE)


Diphthongs

lojban IPA Examples
ai aj high, Taipei
ei ɛj weigh, Taipei
oi oj boy
au aw cow
ia ja yard
ie jɛ yell
ii ji hear ye
io jo yogurt
iu ju beauty
ua wa wander
ue wɛ well
ui wi weak
uo wo woe
uu wu woo
iy jə
uy wə was


Consonants

Weird stuff
lojban IPA Examples
c [ʃ], [ʂ] sh in shape
j [ʒ], [ʐ] s in measure, j in bonjour (fra)
x [x] ch in loch (ScE)
' [h] h in hose
dj [dʒ] j in joke
tc [tʃ] ch in chat


Allowing variation
lojban IPA Examples
f [f], [ɸ] fall
l [l], [l̩] late
n [n], [n̩], [ŋ̍], [ŋ̩] nose
m [m], [m̩] move
r [r], [ɹ], [ɾ], [ʀ], [r̩], [ɹ̩], [ɾ̩], [ʀ̩] rock
v [v], [β] voice


Invariant
lojban IPA Examples
b [b] bottle
d [d] dance
g [g] goose
k [k] keen
p [p] powder
s [s] soldier
t [t] time
z [z] zinc

External Links

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