Orthography
IPA | Orthography | Example (from Bôle-Richard & Dido book) |
p | p | ápɛn ‘debt’ |
pʰ | ph | áphɛ̂n ‘twenty’ |
b | b | ábɛ ‘paddle’ |
t | t | áta ‘insult’ |
tʰ | th | átha ‘war’ |
d | d | du ‘snake’ |
c | c | ácɔn ‘fish’ |
cʰ | ch | chɔn ‘hen’ |
ɟ | j | ájí ‘respect’ |
k | k | áko ‘hunger’ |
kʰ | kh | ákhɔ́ ‘friendship’ |
g | g | gwe ‘sea’ |
kp | kp | kpakpâ ‘papaya’ |
gb | gb | gba ‘dog’ |
f | f | ńfɛ ‘eggplant’ |
v | v | nvrâ ‘appattam’ |
s | s | asa ‘gecko’ |
z | z | zúmwɛn ‘fish species’ |
h | h | áhɔn ‘ax’ |
ɓ | bh | ábhɛ́ ‘rope’ |
l | l | la ‘to pray’ |
j | y | áyá ‘tree’ |
w | w | awɔ́ ‘cat’ |
m | m | ńmɔ́n ‘arm’ |
n | n | ánɛn ‘hoe’ |
ɗ | l | lyali ‘to forget’ |
r | r | bwri ‘rat’ |
ɲ | y | yén ‘to know’ |
ŋʷ | w | wan ‘to crawl’ |
i | i | áyí ‘thing’ |
e | e | áde ‘antelope’ |
ɛ | ɛ | ádɛ ‘palm tree’ |
ɛ̃ | ɛn | átɛn ‘fire’ |
a | a | áyá ‘tree’ |
ã | an | bran ‘animal’ |
ɔ | ɔ | ákɔ ‘attic’ |
ɔ̃ | ɔn | ńmɔ́n ‘arm’ |
o | o | agbo ‘door’ |
u | u | du ‘snake’ |