The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Qafesona pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation.
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Consonants
|
| b
|
добры
|
barrel
|
| v
|
новы
|
very
|
| g
|
глува
|
agreed
|
| d
|
детно
|
edition
|
| ɟ
|
динь
|
due (some accents), divadlo (Czech)
|
| ʐ
|
оранжовы
|
erasure, жена (Russian)
|
| ʑ
|
мужинье
|
erasure, zielony (Polish)
|
| ʑː
|
дружжи
|
erasure, дрожжи (Russian)
|
| z
|
узуки
|
zebra
|
| d͡z
|
аѕы
|
birds
|
| k
|
чиловек, куниг
|
acting
|
| q
|
ӄафесона
|
Qurʾān, القرآن (Arabic)
|
| l
|
далеки
|
loose
|
| ɫ
|
полнина, пепел
|
peel
|
| ʎ
|
близки, соль
|
million, trabalhando (Portuguese)
|
| m
|
дым
|
massive
|
| n
|
шун
|
gaunt
|
| ɲ
|
тедни, камеунь
|
canyon, niño (Spanish)
|
| p
|
тапни, ӽарб
|
spelt
|
| r
|
Туркиа
|
rolled, perro (Spanish)
|
| s
|
нисле, без
|
consternation
|
| t
|
труд
|
batting
|
| c
|
тил, кость, дуждь
|
tune (some accents), těžký (Czech)
|
| f
|
филовы, лесов, хвире
|
lifted
|
| x
|
хвире
|
loch, хорошо (Russian)
|
| h~ɦ
|
ӽолобь
|
hello, ahead
|
| t͡s
|
социализм
|
cats
|
| ʈ͡ʂ
|
чо, саџ
|
chicken, czas (Polish)
|
| t͡ɕ
|
шечь, ноџь
|
chicken, kjol (Swedish)
|
| ɖ͡ʐ
|
саџа
|
jungle, džús (Slovak)
|
| d͡ʑ
|
ноџи
|
jungle, ђаво (Serbian)
|
| ʂ
|
шесть, сфеж
|
ashes, шут (Russian)
|
| ɕ
|
шийа, вушь, мужь
|
ashes, śruba (Polish)
|
| ɕː
|
демократичшшe
|
ashes, счёт (Russian)
|
|
|
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