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The [[Lishepus language]] has 21 consonants, 5 short vowels, 3 long vowels, and 2 glides.

==Standard Romanization==
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="5"
|-
! Letter
! IPA
! English example
! Notes
|-
| '''a'''
| a
| f'''a'''ther
|
|-
| '''b'''
| b
| '''b'''other
|
|-
| '''ch'''
| tʃ
| '''ch'''eek
|
|-
| '''d'''
| d
| '''d'''og
|
|-
| '''dh'''
| ð
| '''th'''en
|
|-
| '''e'''
| e
| b'''ai'''t
|-
| '''f'''
| f
| '''f'''ood
|
|-
| '''g'''
| g
| '''g'''ood
|
|-
| '''gh'''
| ɣ
| Spanish ''fue'''g'''o''
| 
|-
| '''h'''
| h/ħ
| '''h'''am, —
| Like the English h syllable-initially. Syllable-finally, you can make the latter sound by attempting to fog up a mirror.
|-
| '''i'''
| i
| mach'''i'''ne
|
|-
| '''j'''
| dʒ
| '''j'''og
|
|-
| '''k'''
| k
| s'''k'''ill
|
|-
| '''kh'''
| x
| lo'''ch'''
| 
|-
| '''l'''
| l
| '''l'''eft
|
|-
| '''m'''
| m
| '''m'''an
|
|-
| '''n'''
| n
| '''n'''o
| Assimilates to a following velar consonant.
|-
| '''o'''
| o
| m'''oa'''t
|
|-
| '''p'''
| p
| s'''p'''an
|
|-
| '''r'''
| r
| Spanish ''pe'''rr'''o''
| 
|-
| '''s'''
| s
| '''s'''ee
| 
|-
| '''sh'''
| ʃ
| '''sh'''eep
|
|-
| '''t'''
| t
| s'''t'''op
| 
|-
| '''th'''
| θ
| '''th'''ink
|
|-
| '''u'''
| u
| r'''u'''de
|
|-
| '''w'''
| w
| '''w'''all
|
|-
| '''y'''
| j
| '''y'''awn
| 
|-
| '''z'''
| z
| '''z'''oo
| 
|-
| ''' ' '''
| ʕ/ʔ
| uh'''-'''oh, —
| Between vowels, like the catch in one's throat in the middle of the word "uh-oh". Almost like gagging elsewhere.
|}

Notes:
* Long vowels or consonants are written by doubling the letter. 
* Acute accents are used to mark stress.

==Phonetics==
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" | 
! Labial
! Coronal
! Palatal
! Velar
! Pharyngeal
! Glottal
|-
! colspan="2" | Nasal
| m || n || || || ||
|-
! rowspan="2" | Plosive
! <small>voiceless</small>
| p || t || ch [tʃ] || k || || (' [ʔ])
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
| b || d || j [dʒ] || g || ||
|-
! rowspan="2" | Fricative
! <small>voiceless</small>
|  || th [θ], s || sh [ʃ] || kh [x] || (h [ħ]) || h
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
|  || dh [ð], z || || gh [ɣ] || ' [ʕ] ||
|-
! colspan="2" | Sonorants
| w || l, r || y [j] || || ||
|}

=== Vowels ===
The high and low vowels may be short or long, while the mid ones are always short.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! 
! Front
! Central
! Back
|-
! Close
| i, ii [iː]
| rowspan="2" |
| u, uu [uː]
|-
! Mid
| e
| o
|-
! Open
|
| a, aa [aː]
| 
|}

[[Category:Pronunciation by language]]
[[Category:Lishepus  language]]