pronunciation guide in English

Tags

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

Tags currently used:

• (spa) = spanish
• (ScE) = Scottish English
• (RP) = Received Pronunciation (Standard in the United Kingdom)

Tables

Vowels

lojban	IPA	Exact	Approximate
a	[a], [ɑ]	father, top
e	[ɛ], [e]	bet, lens
i	[i]	green, machine
o	[o], [ɔ]	hola (spa)	dome, go
u	[u]	boot, shoe
y	[ə]	sofa, above

Diphthongs

lojban	IPA	Exact	Approximate
ai	aj	high
ei	ɛj	bay
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

Consonants different in English

lojban	IPA	Exact	Approximate
c	[ʃ], [ʂ]	shirt, English
j	[ʒ], [ʐ]	measure, azure (RP)
x	[x]	loch (ScE)

Consonants similar in English

lojban	IPA	Exact	Approximate
b	[b]	bottle
d	[d]	dance
f	[f], [ɸ]	fall
g	[g]	goose
k	[k]	keen
l	[l], [l̩]	late
m	[m], [m̩]	move
n	[n], [n̩], [ŋ̍], [ŋ̩]	nose
p	[p]	powder
r	[r], [ɹ], [ɾ], [ʀ], [r̩], [ɹ̩], [ɾ̩], [ʀ̩]	rock
s	[s]	soldier
t	[t]	time
v	[v], [β]	voice
z	[z]	zinc

Misc

lojban	IPA	Exact	Approximate
'	[h]	hose
dj	[dʒ]	joke
tc	[tʃ]	chat