Help:IPA/Inupiaq

|+ Consonants{{efn|name=geminate|Between vowels, Inupiaq consonants can occur either short or long. In IPA, long consonants may be written doubled or be followed by the length sign: {{IPA|/nn/}} or {{IPA|/nː/}}.}}

| align="left"| savił̣haq{{efn|name=qh}}

|align="left"| ahead

| align="left"| agiaq

|align="left"| Spanish fuego, roughly like ugh

| align="left"| qayaq

|align="left"| yes

| align="left"| kataktuq

|align="left"| ski

| align="left"| alapittuq

|align="left"| land

| align="left"| iłuaqtuq

|align="left"| By getting the tongue up to the roof and giving a quick breath out; Welsh llwyd.

| align="left"| iḷaga

|align="left"|like, but more of a y-like sound

| align="left"| sikł̣aq

|align="left"| Above, but whispered.

| align="left"| mannik

|align="left"| man

| align="left"| nuna

|align="left"| now

| align="left"| iġñiiŋ

|align="left"| sing

| align="left"| iñuk

|align="left"| onion, Spanish ñ

| align="left"| putu

|align="left"| spoil

| align="left"| qupak

|align="left"| like k but further down the throat

| align="left"| niġiruq

|align="left"| French rester

| align="left"| sisuruq

|align="left"| soon

| align="left"| iqsraq

|align="left"| shrub, but retroflex

| align="left"| talu

|align="left"| stop

| align="left"| iñuich, tikiṭkaa

|align="left"| rich

| align="left"| kiviruq{{efn|name=labial|The labial fricative {{IPA|/v/}} and its voiceless allophone are labiodental {{IPA|[v, f]}} in some dialects and bilabial {{IPA|[β, ɸ]}} in others.}}

|align="left"| love

| align="left"| iri

|align="left"| pleasure but retroflex

| align="left"| tavsi{{efn|name=labial}}

|align="left"| after

| align="left"| iġñiq

|align="left"| like n but further down the throat

| align="left"| akłaq,{{efn|name=preconsonantal}} siñikhuni

|align="left"| loch (Scottish English)

| align="left"| mayuqłuŋa,{{efn|name=preconsonantal|{{IPA|/k, q/}} can have fricative allophones {{IPA|[x, χ]}}, respectively, before consonants.}} anniqhuni{{efn|name=qh|{{IPAblink|χ}} exists as a separate sound in some dialects, but is merged into {{IPAslink|h

|+ Vowels{{efn|name=vowels|Inupiaq has three vowel phonemes {{IPA|/a, i, u/}}, which combine in every permutation to form three short vowels, three long vowels, and six diphthongs.}}

| align="left"| aapa

|align="left"| mad (long)

| align="left"| nuqaqti{{efn|name=lower|The short vowels {{IPA|/ɐ, i, u/}} are lowered to {{IPA|[ɑ, e, o]}}, respectively, when adjacent to uvular consonants {{IPA|/q, ʁ/}}.}}

|align="left"| father (short)

| align="left"| amiq

|align="left"| nut

| align="left"| qiquayak{{efn|name=lower}}

|align="left"|bed (Australian English)

| align="left"| kiigaa

|align="left"| knee

| align="left"| iki

|align="left"| really

| align="left"| mitquq{{efn|name=lower}}

|align="left"|story

| align="left"| kuuk

|align="left"| cool (long)

| align="left"| niġirugut

|align="left"| cool (short)

| align="left"| aivig

|align="left"| irate

| align="left"| auk

|align="left"| how

| align="left"| qiaruq

|align="left"| fiat

| align="left"| kiugaa

|align="left"| cute

| align="left"| uamittuq

|align="left"| quack

| align="left"| uiga

|align="left"| booyah; Gruyère