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Standard Romanization
| Letter
|
IPA
|
English example
|
Notes
|
| a
|
|
|
|
| d
|
d
|
dog
|
|
| e
|
|
|
|
| i
|
i
|
machine
|
|
| k
|
k
|
skill
|
|
| l
|
l
|
left
|
|
| m
|
m
|
man
|
|
| o
|
|
|
|
| r
|
|
|
|
| s
|
s
|
see
|
|
| t
|
t
|
stop
|
|
| v
|
v
|
voice
|
|
| z
|
z
|
zoo
|
|
Notes:
- Stress, when falling on the final syllable, is marked with an acute accent over the stressed vowel in the romanization. Otherwise, stress is mostly penultimate, and in that case it is not marked in the romanization.
Phonetics
Consonants
|
|
Labial
|
Coronal
|
Velar
|
| Nasal
|
m |
|
|
| Plosive
|
voiceless
|
|
t |
k
|
| voiced
|
|
d |
|
| Fricative
|
voiceless
|
|
s |
|
| voiced
|
v |
z |
|
| Approximant
|
|
l |
|
|
|
|
r
|
Vowels
|
|
Front
|
Central
|
Back
|
| Close
|
i
|
|
|
| Mid
|
e
|
|
o
|
| Open
|
|
a
|
