Help:IPA/Afar

This page is a set of keys to help with the transcription of the Afar language into the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Keys

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|+Consonants

!IPA

!Letter

!Example

!English approximation

b

|b

|eykebeebe{{Cite web |title=Wiktionary |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Afar_lemmas&pagefrom=DAFTAR%0Adaftar#mw-pages}}

|buy

d

|d

|dagal

|dog

f

|f

|facisite

|farm

g

|g

|dagal

|dog

ħ

|c

|dalcu

|ḥal (Modern Standard Arabic)

h

|h

|dahab

|house

j

|y

|geyite

|young

k

|k

|burkacite

|kerosene

l

|l

|galam

|love

m

|m

|fakamfake

|mountain

n

|n

|faranka

|renewal

ɾ

|r

|faranka

|atom

ɽ

|x

|gexamgexe

|luv (Elfdalian)

s

|s

|dodobbaasite

|sun

t

|t

|alaysite

|turn

w

|w

|galbabbaqinnoowe

|went

ʕ

|q

|damaqtu

|al-ʽarabiyya (Modern Standard Arabic)

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|+Vowels

!IPA

!Letter

!Example

!English approximation

aː

|aa

|damaaqe

|bra

e

|e

|gexite

|beauté (Standard French)

eː

|ee

|eykebeebe

|may

i

|i

|gexite

|fini (Standard French)

iː

|ii

|fakamfaksiise

|free

o

|o

|dagdago

|réseau (Standard French)

oː

|oo

|daggoowe

|yawn (Received Pronunciation)

u

|u

|falum

|où (Standard French)

uː

|uu

|dummuuta

|boot

ʌ

|a

|dummuuta

|gut

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