The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Qübün pronunciations in IXwiki articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to IXwiki articles, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
See Qübün language and orthography for a more thorough look at the sounds of Qübün.
Consonants
IPA |
Latin alphabet |
Example |
Approximation
|
p |
b |
űboqh |
apply
|
pʰ |
p |
gipa |
pear
|
m |
m |
agöm |
may
|
ɸ |
f |
fárőc |
far, but bilabial
|
t |
d |
adöp |
gnat
|
tʰ |
t |
ögyut |
table
|
n |
n |
nemíg |
naught
|
s |
s |
ǵösuny |
saw
|
t͡s |
j |
jidíky |
cats
|
t͡sʰ |
c |
cobúqú |
cats, but with more air
|
l |
l |
lumyógo |
all
|
ɮ |
ll |
Mallányi |
no English equivalent
|
r |
r |
aǵár |
trilled r
|
c |
gy |
gagy |
stew
|
cʰ |
ky |
jidíky |
stew, but with more air
|
ɲ |
ny |
any |
Sonya
|
ɕ |
š |
ebš |
sheep
|
t͡ɕ |
ǰ |
Aigöǰ |
itchy
|
t͡ɕʰ |
č |
ačikh |
Tuesday
|
j |
y |
yáká |
yes
|
k |
g |
ragö |
rake
|
kʰ |
k |
akód |
cab
|
ŋ |
ng |
ungür |
singing
|
x |
kh |
khopör |
Scottish loch
|
ɰ |
w |
gőnow |
whale, but without lips
|
q |
ǵ |
ušgyüǵ |
Arabic qāf
|
qʰ |
q |
Qübüj |
Arabic qāf, but with more air
|
χ |
qh |
igőqh |
Welsh tuchan
|
Vowels
IPA |
Latin alphabet |
Example |
Approximation
|
a |
a |
allöp |
father
|
ɑ: |
á |
rabyá |
British English bath
|
ɛ |
e |
adyeg |
hem
|
e: |
é |
éniy |
may
|
ɪ |
i |
igybár |
pig
|
i: |
í |
anfí |
leave
|
ɔ |
o |
oron |
cot
|