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Consonants
IPA	Examples	English approximation
b	bak [bak], opdwaan [ˈobdvaːn]^[1]	bait
ɕ	sjonge [ˈɕoŋə]	ship, but without labialization and with stronger palatalization
d	dei [dai], net dwaan [nɛd dvaːn]^[1]	duck
dz	skodzje [ˈskɔdzjə]	between buds and budge (retracted)
f	fet [fɛt]	feats
ɡ	gau [ɡɔu],^[2] ik bin [ɪɡ bɪn]^[1]	goal
ɣ	ploege [ˈpluːɣə],^[2] sjoch ien [ɕoɣ iən]^[1]	roughly like go, but without completely blocking air flow on the g; Spanish amigo
h	heal [hɪəl]^[3]	heal
j	jong [joŋ]	yard
k	kaam [kaːm]	school
l	lang [laŋ]	land
l̩	leppel [ˈlɛpl̩]^[4]	bottle
m	man [mɔn], ynbine [ˈimbinə]^[5]	man
m̩	iepen [ˈiəpm̩]^[4]	rhythm
n	né [neː]	neck
n̩	tiden [ˈtiːdn̩]^[4]	suddenly
ɲ	wenje [ˈvɛɲə]	somewhat like canyon
ŋ	sang [saŋ], ynkomme [ˈiŋkomə]^[5]	ring
ŋ̍	rekken [ˈrɛkŋ̍]^[4]	ring, but longer
p	piip [piːp], kob [kop]^[6]	sport
r	ryk [rik],^[7] siede [ˈsiərə]^[8]	trilled R; similar to water (American English)
r̩	eker [ˈeːkr̩]^[4]	trilled R; similar to water (American English)
s	sinne [ˈsɪnə]	between sip and ship (retracted)
t	tin [tɪn], jild [jɪlt],^[6] op dy [op ti]^[9]	stop
ts	tsiis [tsiːs]	between cats and catch (retracted)
v	iver [ˈiːvr̩],^[10] of bûter [ɔv ˈbutər],^[1] of út [ɔv yt]^[1]	very
ʋ	wyn [ʋin]^[10]	between wine and vine
χ	ljocht [ljɔχt],^[11] Valkenburg [ˈfalkəbørχ]^[6]	loch (Scottish English)
z	lêze [ˈlɛːzə],^[11] baas die [baːz di],^[1] is yn [ɪz in]^[1]	between zone and genre (retracted)
ʑ	telefyzje [teːləˈfiʑə]	genre, but without labialization and with stronger palatalization
Suprasegmentals
ˈ	stêd [ˈstɛːt]	Primary stress, as in deer /ˈdɪər/
ˌ	stedshûs [ˌstɛtsˈhuːs]	Secondary stress, as in commandeer /ˌkɒmənˈdɪər/
◌̃	ynfalle [ˈĩfɔlə], jûns [jũːs]	nasal vowel^[12]

Vowels
IPA	Examples	English approximation
Monophthongs
a	pak [pak]	cap
aː	faak [faːk]	father
ɛ	fet [fɛt]	bet
ɛː	bêd [bɛːt]	RP air
eː	reek [reːk]^[13]	face
ə	de [də]^[14]	about
i	dyk [dik]	teach
iː	tiid [tiːt]^[15]	tea
ɪ	ik [ɪk]	sit
ɔ	top [tɔp]	off (short)
ɔː	rôt [rɔːt]	off (long)
o	op [op]	story
oː	rook [roːk]^[13]	goal
ø	nut [nøt]^[14]	roughly like hurt
øː	deun [døːn]^[13]^[16]	roughly like a yacht; French adieu
u	hoep [hup]	full
uː	skoech [skuːχ]^[15]	fool
y	slute [ˈslytə]	roughly like cute
yː	drúf [dryːf]	roughly like cued
Diphthongs (falling)
ai	laitsje [ˈlaitsjə]	right
aːi	kaai [kaːi]	tie
ɛi	frij [frɛi]	hey
iə	bien [biən]^[15]^[17]	RP near
ɪə	read [rɪət]^[17]	RP near
iu	ieu [iu]	hue
oə	boat [boət]^[17]	NYC caught
uə	goed [ɡuət]^[15]^[17]	closer to football
oi	muoie [ˈmwoiə]	choice
oːi	moai [moːi]	boy
ɔu	goud [ɡɔut]	goal
øə	gleon [ɡløən]	roughly like bikini girl
œy	jui [jœy]	roughly like a yacht
ui	ploeije [ˈpluiə]	booyah; Gruyère
yə	flues [flyəs]^[17]	roughly like RP cure
Diphthongs (rising)
jɛ	hjerst [jɛst]^[17]	yes
jɪ	fjild [fjɪlt]^[17]	roughly like yeast
jø	mjuks [mjøks]^[17]	roughly like Jurgen
wa	toar [twar]^[17]	wax
wo	spoen [spwon]^[17]	water

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