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| [a]
| [a]
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowel Open front unrounded vowel]
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowel Open front unrounded vowel]
| a in hat (WaE)
| ''a'' in ''hat'' (WaE)
|-
|-
! e
! e
| [ɛ]
| [ɛ]
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel Open-mid front unrounded vowel]
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel Open-mid front unrounded vowel]
| e in bed
| ''e'' in ''bed''
|-
|-
! i
! i
| [i]
| [i]
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel Close front unrounded vowel]
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel Close front unrounded vowel]
| ee in free
| ''ee'' in ''free''
|-
|-
! o
! o
| [o]
| [o]
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_back_rounded_vowel Close-mid back rounded vowel]
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_back_rounded_vowel Close-mid back rounded vowel]
| o in go (ScE)
| ''aw'' in y''aw''n (AuE), ''o'' in ''go'' (ScE)
|-
|-
! u
! u
| [u]
| [u]
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_back_rounded_vowel Close back rounded vowel]
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_back_rounded_vowel Close back rounded vowel]
| oo in boot
| ''oo'' in ''boot''
|-
|-
! y
! y
| [ə]
| [ə]
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-central_vowel Mid-central vowel]
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-central_vowel Mid-central vowel]
| a in above
| ''a'' in ''above''
|}
|}


Revision as of 09:11, 31 March 2015

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

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Tables

Vowels (preferred)

lojban IPA Names 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 aw in yawn (AuE), o in go (ScE)
u [u] Close back rounded vowel oo in boot
y [ə] Mid-central vowel a in above

Vowels (allowed)

lojban IPA Names 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

A diphthong is a vowel sound that consists of two elements: a short vowel sound and a glide. A labial (IPA [w]) or palatal (IPA [j]) glide either precedes (an on-glide) or follows (an off-glide) the main vowel. Diphthongs always constitute a single syllable.

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

Sibilants

lojban IPA Names Examples
c [ʃ] Voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant sh in shape
j [ʒ] Voiced palato-alveolar sibilant s in measure, j in déjà vu
s [s] Voiceless alveolar sibilant s in soon
z [z] Voiced alveolar sibilant z in zinc

Fricatives

lojban IPA Names Examples
f [f] Voiceless labiodental fricative f in fall
v [v] Voiced labiodental fricative v in voice
x [x] Voiceless velar fricative ch in loch (ScE)
' [h] Voiceless glottal fricative h in hose

Affricates

lojban IPA Names Examples
dj [dʒ] Voiced palato-alveolar affricate j in joke
tc [tʃ] Voiceless palato-alveolar affricate ch in chat
dz [ʣ] Voiced alveolar affricate ds in pads
ts [ʦ] Voiceless alveolar affricate ts in cats

Rhotic

lojban IPA Examples
r [r], [ɹ], [ɾ], [ʀ], [r̩], [ɹ̩], [ɾ̩], [ʀ̩] rock

Nasals

lojban IPA Examples
n [n], [n̩], [ŋ̍], [ŋ̩] nose
m [m], [m̩] move

Approximant

lojban IPA Examples
l [l], [l̩] l in lake

Stops

lojban IPA Examples
b [b] bottle
d [d] dance
g [g] goose
k [k] keen
p [p] powder
t [t] time

External Links

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