pronunciation guide in English

Tags

Examples are either tagged with a language code or English dialect. Any example that is not tagged is considered "General American" (GA).

Tags currently used:

• (ScE) = Scottish English
• (fra) = French
• (spa) = Spanish
• (≈) = almost equal to

Tables

Vowels

lojban	IPA	Examples
a	[a], [ɑ]	father, top
e	[ɛ], [e]	bet, lens
i	[i]	green, machine
o	[o], [ɔ]	hola (spa), go (≈)
u	[u]	boot, shoe
y	[ə]	sofa, above

Diphthongs

lojban	IPA	Examples
ai	aj	high, Taipei
ei	ɛj	weigh, Taipei
oi	oj	boy
au	aw	cow
ia	ja	yard
ie	jɛ	yell
ii	ji	hear ye
io	jo	yogurt
iu	ju	beauty
ua	wa	wander
ue	wɛ	well
ui	wi	weak
uo	wo	woe
uu	wu	woo
iy	jə
uy	wə	was

Weird stuff

lojban	IPA	Examples
c	[ʃ], [ʂ]	shirt, English
j	[ʒ], [ʐ]	measure, j in bonjour (fra)
x	[x]	loch (ScE)
'	[h]	hose
dj	[dʒ]	joke
tc	[tʃ]	chat

Consonants with variation

lojban	IPA	Examples
f	[f], [ɸ]	fall
l	[l], [l̩]	late
n	[n], [n̩], [ŋ̍], [ŋ̩]	nose
m	[m], [m̩]	move
r	[r], [ɹ], [ɾ], [ʀ], [r̩], [ɹ̩], [ɾ̩], [ʀ̩]	rock
v	[v], [β]	voice

Invariant consonants

lojban	IPA	Examples
b	[b]	bottle
d	[d]	dance
g	[g]	goose
k	[k]	keen
p	[p]	powder
s	[s]	soldier
t	[t]	time
z	[z]	zinc