| a |
|
heart |
|
m |
|
man |
| aa |
|
father |
|
n |
|
no |
| ay |
|
high, pie |
|
o |
|
boat |
| b |
|
boy |
|
oo |
|
sow, sew [but drawn out a bit longer] |
| c |
|
* [a low growling sound] |
|
q |
|
* [as in cool, although further back in the mouth]
|
| d |
|
dad |
|
r |
|
* [like the Scottish 'r'] |
| dh |
|
* [as in donkey, but pronounced further back in the
mouth] |
|
s |
|
see |
| e |
|
say |
|
sh |
|
she |
| ee |
|
payday |
|
t |
|
start [not with the aspiration of ton or tent] |
| f |
|
fish |
|
u |
|
coo |
| g |
|
gag |
|
uu |
|
noon [but drawn out a bit longer] |
| h |
|
hook |
|
w |
|
way |
| i |
|
in, wit |
|
x |
|
* [like German Bach; somewhat like bringing up phlegm
to spit] |
| ii |
|
see |
|
y |
|
yes |
| j |
|
jack |
|
' |
|
* [uh-uh glottal stop] (as in some American
dialect pronunciations of "sentence" [se'ns] or British
"little" [li'l]) |
| k |
|
skid, kick [not with the aspiration of kill] |
|
|
|
| kh |
|
* [a gutteral sound as in Arabic] |
|
|
|
| l |
|
little |
|
|
|
REFUGEE FACT SHEET NO.9