From The Languages of David J. Peterson
The phonology of Common is virtually identical to that of English, being essentially a word-replacement cipher of English.
Standard Romanization
| Letter
|
IPA
|
English example
|
Notes
|
| a
|
æ
|
cat
|
|
| b
|
b
|
bad
|
|
| c
|
k
|
coat
|
|
| ch
|
tʃ
|
chip
|
|
| d
|
d
|
dog
|
|
| e
|
ɛ
|
bet
|
|
| ee
|
i
|
seed
|
|
| f
|
f
|
food
|
|
| g
|
ɡ
|
good
|
|
| h
|
h
|
ham
|
|
| i
|
ɪ
|
sit
|
|
| j
|
dʒ
|
joke
|
|
| k
|
k
|
key
|
|
| l
|
l
|
left
|
|
| m
|
m
|
man
|
|
| n
|
n
|
no
|
|
| o
|
ɔ, ou
|
lot, tote
|
|
| oo
|
u
|
mood
|
|
| ow
|
au
|
cow
|
|
| p
|
p
|
pond
|
|
| r
|
ɹ
|
row
|
|
| s
|
s
|
see
|
|
| sh
|
ʃ
|
sheep
|
|
| t
|
t
|
top
|
|
| u
|
ʌ
|
rut
|
|
| v
|
v
|
voice
|
|
| w
|
w
|
wet
|
|
| x
|
ks
|
tax
|
|
| y
|
j
|
yawn
|
|
| z
|
z
|
zoo
|
|
Phonetics
Consonants
|
|
Labial
|
Coronal
|
Palatal
|
Velar
|
Glottal
|
| Nasal
|
m |
n |
|
|
|
| Plosive
|
voiceless
|
|
t |
|
k |
|
| voiced
|
b |
d |
|
g |
|
| Fricative
|
voiceless
|
|
s |
sh [ʃ] |
|
h
|
| voiced
|
v |
z |
|
|
|
| Approximant
|
w |
r [ɹ] |
y [j] |
|
|
| Lateral
|
|
l |
|
|
|
Vowels
|
|
Front
|
Central
|
Back
|
| Close
|
i
|
|
u
|
| Mid
|
e
|
|
o
|
| Open
|
|
a
|
