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Help on Matukar phonetics

Matukar Letters	Phonetic Symbol	English Example	Phonetic Description
Consonants
P p	p	‘pat’	voiceless bilabial plosive
B b	b	‘bat’	voiced bilabial plosive
T t	t	‘toe’	voiceless alveolar plosive
D d	d	‘dog’	voiced alveolar plosive
K k	k	‘cat’	voiceless velar plosive
G g	g	‘go’	voiced velar plosive
F f	f	‘fool’	labio-dental voiceless fricative
S s	s	‘so’	voiceless alveolar fricative
H h	h	‘had’	voiceless glottal fricative
M m	m	‘moon’	bilabial nasal
N n	n	‘no’	alveolar nasal
Ng ng	ŋ	‘sing’	velar nasal
L l	l	‘late’	alveolar lateral approximant
R r	r	Not found in English	alveolar trill
W w	w	‘wind’	voiced labial-velar approximant
Y y	j	‘yak’	palatal glide
Vowels
A a	a	‘father’	low back unrounded vowel
E e	ɛ	‘fret’	mid front unrounded vowel
I i	i	‘bee’	high front unrounded vowel
O o	o	‘so’	mid back rounded vowel
U u	u	‘soup’	high back rounded vowel

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