PHONETIC KEY?!

VOWELS CONSONANTS
@, as in father p, t, k, 1, m,n, s, w, y, h, 7,2 as in
d, as in hat English
e, as in fate g, velar k

p, t, k, 7, aspirated surds
Dd; i, b, g, glottalized stops
k, anterior palatal k

i, as in pigue
0, as in note
u, as in rule

a, as in but k, anterior palatal $
€, as in met b, d, intermediate between surd and
t, as in hit sonant

d, glottalized intermediate
dj, as in jam

c, as sh in shell

7, spirantal /

H,t+?

#, glottalized ##

x, as in Scottish, /och

x, velar x, as in German, ach

x, anterior palatal x, as in German,
ich
s, peculiar s sound, apparently velar.

v, as in put

3, obscure vowel like a@ in idea

°, exponent vowels, voiced but
slighted in enunciation. The
same device is used for con-
sonants slighted in enuncia-
tion.

-, for example, a-, or t-, indicates lengthening of preceding vowel or consonant
*, indicates a glottal stop
*, indicates aspiration

~, indicates accentuation of the syllable so marked.

1Based on the simpler system described in Phonetic Transcription of Indian
Languages, (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 66, No. 6, Washington
(1916), pp. 2-7).

2The r sound was used only by one old man and several! of his children and
grandchildren.

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