Hopi pronunciation and spelling guide

Hopi Pronunciation and Spelling Guide Vo w e ls Character We Use a Sometimes Also Used IPA symbol How To Pronounce It a Like the a in father aa a a Like a only held longer e Like the e in bet ee e Like e only held longer i i Like the i in police ii i i Like i only held longer o o Like the o in note oo o o Like o only held longer ? ? ? ? This vowel sound does not exist in English It sounds like G ? French eu If you've ever tried to pronounce the German nam Goerthe this is the same vowel sound as that The closest equivalent is the u in purple ? Like ? only held longer u uu u i Like the u in ute only unrounded Sometimes it sounds mo in put i Like u only held longer Di phthongs Character Sometimes We Use Also Used IPA symbol How To Pronounce It Caw au ay ai ew eu ey iw iy ow oy ? w ? y uw uy aw Like ow in English cow aj Like English eye This sound doesn't really exist in English If you mimic an w ew stereotype of a Southern belle saying how you will be Some Hopi speakers pronounce it more like the AO in ej Like the ay in hay iw Like a child saying ew ij Like ee in see ow Like the ow in show oj Like the oy in boy ?w No English equivalent Like Hopi ? with a w-glide at the e ?j No English equivalent Like Hopi ? with a y-glide at the e uw Like the oo in too j No English equivalent Like Hopi u with a y-glide at the e Con sonants Character We Use h Sometimes Also Used IPA symbol h How To Pronounce It Like h in hay k k Like the soft k in sky kw qu kw kw Like qu in English square l l Like l in light Cm m Like m in moon n n Like n in night ng Like ng in sing ngw w w No English equivalent Like ng and w pronounced together ngy j No English equivalent Like gn in French Avignon p p Like the soft p in spy q q Like k only pronounced further back on the palate qw qw qw Like qu only pronounced further back on the palate r No English equivalent Like the rz sound in Polish To Eng it sounds like a cross between the ge in garage and the sw common to English speakers from India s s Like s in see t t Like the soft t in star ts ch nbspts Like ts in cats vb w ? w Bilabial v as in Spanish navidad At the end of a word or be consonants it is pronounced voicelessly so that it sounds l sound made between both lips Like

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