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| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
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| b | bló | about | | tʃ | wašíču | check | | tʃʰ | héčhena | choose | | tʃʼ | šič’éši | check, but with a pause afterwards | | g | ógle | again | | ʁ | ǧí | Northumbrian burr | | h | wóžuha | hat | | x | ȟóta | Spanish jota | | k | ská | skin | | k’ | k’éyaš | skin, but with a pause afterwards | | kʰ | wakhéya | cab | | kˣ | wakȟáŋ | like cab, but sharper | | l | hokšíla | life | | m | makȟá | man | | n | iná | not | | p | tópa | spot | | pʰ | ophíye | pot | | pˣ | pȟeží | like pot, but sharper | | p’ | p’ó | spot, but with a pause afterwards | | s | tiyospaye | sun | | ʃ | tóške | shoe | | t | witkó | stand | | t’ | t’élanuwela | stand, but with a pause afterwards | | tʰ | mathó | torn | | tˣ | tȟáwa | like torn, but sharper | | w | tuwá | well | | j | wíŋyaŋ | yes | | z | wazí | zip | | ʒ | maǧážu | measure |
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