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

See Acehnese phonology for detailed discussion of the phonology of Acehnese.

Consonants
IPA Acehnese Examples English approximation Notes
b b bintéh but
c c cagèë tube (UK)
d d dudôk door
ɡ g gampông get
h h habéh hair
ɟ j jaroë duty (UK)
k k kayèë skip
ʔ bak uh-oh [1]
l l lapan leave
m m meunyö mile
n n nakeuh nowhere
ŋ ng ngön singing
ɲ ny nyawöng canyon
p p peuë spoon
ɾ r rimuëng better (US)
s s singoh soon
t t tujôh stop
w w w wish
j y y yam
Aspirated consonants
bh bho
ch ch’uëng
dh dh
ɡʱ gh ghuën
ɟʱ jh jheut
kh kh
lh lheuëh
ɲʰ nyh nyhèh
ph phôn
rh rhët
th thôn}}
Post-stop nasals
mᵇ mb mbôn [2]
nᵈ nd nd [2]
ɲᶡ nj njong [2]
ŋᶢ ngg nggang [2]
Non-native consonants
Letter IPA Examples Notes
Loan Nativised
f f afai
kh x , k, h khatam
q q k qanun
sy ʃ c, s syaksi
v v tivi
z z d, s zai
Vowels
IPA Acehnese Examples English approximation Notes
a a adèë father
e é khém clay
ɛ è angèn trek
ə ë rët about
ɯ eu seubab
i i idông see
ɔ o boh off
o ô lôn force (UK)
ʌ ö meunyö strut
u u ureuëng too
Nasal vowels
ã ’a h’an
ɛ̃ ’è ca'’è
ɯ̃ ’eu geuh’euk
ĩ ’i cr’i
ɔ̃ ’o kh’op
ʌ̃ ’ö maw’ö
ũ ’u ’um
Diphthongs
ai̯ ai pasai
əi̯ ëi hëi
oi̯ ôi bôi
ui̯ ui neungui
ɛə̯ èë teubèë
ɯə̯ euë ureuëng
iə̯
ɔə̯ kam
uə̯ bt
Nasal diphthongs
ãi̯ ’ai meuh’ai
ɛ̃ə̯ ’èë kr’èë
ɛ̃i̯ ’èi ’èi
ɯ̃i̯ ’eui ’eui
ĩə̯ ’ië ’iëk
ũə̯ ’uë h’uëng


Explanatory notes

  1. ^ The glottal stop [ʔ] is an allophone of /k/ in the coda position.
  2. ^ a b c d Post-stop nasals are differentiated from nasal-stop sequences.

See also