Appendix:Wokuthízhű pronunciation

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The Wokuthízhű language has 26 consonants, 6 vowels and 3 glides.

Standard Romanization

Letter	IPA	English example	Notes
a	a	father
b	b	bog
ch	tʃ	watch
ch'	tʃ’	—	Produced by holding your breath at the same time as making the above sound.
dh	ð	this
e	e	bait
f	f	food
f'	f’	—	Produced by holding your breath at the same time as making the above sound.
i	i	machine
j	dʒ	jog
k	k	skill
k'	k’	—	Produced by holding your breath at the same time as making the above sound.
l	l	left
m	m	man
n	n	no
ng	ŋ	ring
	ɲ	sinew
o	o	moat
p	p	span
p'	p’	—	Produced by holding your breath at the same time as making the above sound.
s	s	see
sh	ʃ	sheep
t	t̪	—	Like the t in Spanish teléfono. The sound is pronounced with the tongue at the teeth and features no aspiration. Aspiration is the puff of air that occurs in the "t" in "take". Compare this with the "t" in "stake", which has no aspiration.
t'	t̪’	—	Produced by holding your breath at the same time as making the above sound.
th	θ	thin
th'	θ’	—	Produced by holding your breath at the same time as making the above sound.
ts'	ts’	—	Produced by saying ts as in "pits" while holding your breath.
u	u	rude
ü	y	—	Like the i in "machine" pronounced with rounded lips.
v	v	voice
w	w	wet
y	j	yes
	ɥ	—	Like the y in "yes" pronounced with rounded lips.
z	z	zoo
zh	ʒ	casual

Notes:

• Tone: High tone is marked with an acute accent over the vowel; a double acute accent is used in the case of ü, i.e. ű. An unmarked vowel has a low tone.

Phonetics

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m		n	[ɲ]	ng [ŋ]
Plosive	plain	p	t [t̪]		ch [tʃ]	k
	ejective	p'	t' [t̪’]	ts'	ch' [tʃ’]	k'
	voiced	b			j [dʒ]
Fricative	plain	f	th [θ]	s	sh [ʃ]
	ejective	f'	th' [θ’]
	voiced	v	dh [ð]	z	zh [ʒ]
Approximant		w		l	y [j], [ɥ]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i, ü [y]		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

Tone

Wokuthízhű is a register tone language. Vowels take low or high tone.