Isoba/Consonants and Vowels

Isoba has 7 monophthongs (basic vowels), 13 diphthongs (two-vowel combinations), 24 consonants, and 1 pharyngealization phoneme that interacts with nearby phonemes to produce different phonetic results. This page will introduce all 20 vowels and the 24 consonants. All pronunciation tips in the following table are based on General American English (GenAm) unless otherwise specified. Vowels +MonophthongsVowelPronunciationAudioPhonemeNotesPronunciation Tipa[a]File:Open_front_unrounded_vowel.ogg/a/a in father is too far back.No GenAm equivalent; a in Spanish casao[o̞]File:Mid back rounded vowel.ogg/o/Can also be [o̞u̯]ol in coldu[u]File:Close back rounded vowel.ogg/u/Can be [ʊ] in indeliberate speechoo in pool without the offglidee[ɨ̞]File:Near-close central unrounded vowel.ogg/ɨ/Can be [ə] in indeliberate speeche in chicken but more open, though not as open as ir in Australian English birdi[i]File:Close front unrounded vowel.ogg/i/Can be [ɪ] in indeliberate speechee in seedö[ɵ]File:Close-mid central rounded vowel.ogg/ɵ/ö in German schön is too far forwardNo GenAm equivalent; ir in New Zealand English birdeu[y]File:Close front rounded vowel.ogg/y/Can be [ʉ̞] in indeliberate speechNo GenAm equivalent; ü in German über +DiphthongsVowelPronunciationAudioDiaphonemeNotesPronunciation Tipau[ɑu̯]File:Zh-āo.oga/au/Can be [ɑʊ̯] in indeliberate speech; [ɑ] is an allophone of /a/.No GenAm equivalent; ao in Mandarin Pinyinai[ai̯]File:Zh-ai.ogg/ai/Can be [aɪ̯] in indeliberate speechie in lieoi[o̞i̯]File:Isoba-oi.ogg/oi/oy in boyua[wa]File:Zh-wa.ogg/wa/No GenAm equivalent; hua in Spanish marihuanauo[wo̞]File:Zh-wō.oga/wo/No GenAm equivalent; like uo in Mandarin Pinyinui[wi]File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Greenman-we.wav/wi/Can be [wɪ] in indeliberate speechweei[e̞i̯]File:En-us-a-stressed.ogg/ei/Can be [e] in indeliberate speechey in heyia[ja]File:Ru-я (ʲa).ogg/ja/No GenAm equivalent; Russian яiu[ju]File:Eo-ju.ogg/ju/No GenAm equivalent; Ju in German Juliaie[je̞]File:Zh-yè.ogg/je/No GenAm equivalent; ie in Mandarin Pinyiniö[jɵ]File:Isoba-jɵ.ogg/jɵ/No GenAM equivalent; like ё in Russian еёöu[ɵy̯]File:Isoba-ɵy.ogg/ɵy/Not equivalent to Finnish öy, which is rather [ø̞y̯]; Isoba öu starts more closed and farther back.No GenAM equivalent; pronounce [ɵ], then [y] immediately, emphasizing the former over the latter.ue[ɥe̞]File:Zh-yue.ogg/ɥe/No GenAm equivalent; üe in Mandarin Pinyin Tone