Tahitian/Alphabet and pronunciation

The pronunciation is very easy: letternamepronunciationnotesIPA Englishapproximation a ’ā /a/, /ɑː/ a: opera, ā: father e ’ē /e/, /eː/ e: late, ē: same but longer f fā /f/ friend becomes bilabial [ɸ] after o and u h hē /h/ house becomes [ʃ] (as in English shoe) after i and before o or u i ’ī /i/, /iː/ as in machine may become diphthong ai in some words like rahi m mō /m/ mouse n nū /n/ nap o ’ō /ɔ/, /oː/ o: nought, ō: same but longer p pī /p/ sponge (not aspirated) r rō /r/ - It's an alveolar trill: Like this t tī /t/ stand (not aspirated) u’ū /u/, /uː/ u: foot, ū: moo strong lip rounding v vī /v/ vine becomes bilabial ([β]) after o and u ’ ’eta /ʔ/ uh-oh A glottal stop, beginning each syllable. Sounds like this: File:Glottal stop.ogg