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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Okinawan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Okinawan language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

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Consonants
IPA Example English approximation
Kana Romanization
b , suba, bigiabout
ç る, っちーahiru, hitchīhue
ɕ , ふぃashi, fishasheep
d ーじなdējinatoday
ょーい, ままjōi, jimamajeep
ɸ ぃしゃ, fisha, fusuphew!
ɡ ま, まっすgama, massuguagain
ɡʷ かってんぐゎkattengwasanguine
h ーか, しるhōka, hashiruhat
j , uya, yukayard
k かかん, kakan, kūspike
せんsenkyoskew
くゎ, くゎkwa, kwanacquire
m ち, じままmuchi, jimamamild
みゃー, みょーじmyā, myōjimute
n だ, あkanda, anunight
ɲ にゃ, にゃーやsanya, nyāyacanyon
ŋ がたbingataswimming
p かっ, とぅkappa, pituspeed
ɾ , ーほーura, rōhōAmerican atom
ɾʲ りゅー, ちばりょー!chiryū, chibaryō!American party
s み, sumi, sabasoup
t い, あとぅtai, atustand
ゃー, うなーchā, Uchināscratch
w しき, めーなぐwashiki, winaguwine
ʔ んなじ, ちなーQnnaji, Uchinā[1]uh-oh
Vowels
IPA Example English approximation
Kana Romanization
a かん, kanda, anufather
うちなーUchināfather (long)
e んきょ, んそーsenkyo, mensōrebed
でーじなdējinabed (long)
i る, ままahiru, jimamameet
ひっちーhitchīmeet (long)
o せんき, めんーれsenkyostory
めんそーmensōrestory (long)
u ち, muchi, urapool
どぅーdūpool (long)
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