Consonants
| S.A. | IPA | Name |
|---|---|---|
| ʼ | glottal stop | |
| ꜣ | voiced pharyngeal fricative | |
| h | voiceless glottal fricative | |
| hʿ | voiceless pharyngeal fricative | |
| q | voiceless uvular plosive | |
| k | voiceless velar plosive | |
| g | voiced velar plosive | |
| ṅ | velar nasal | |
| χ | voiceless velar fricative | |
| γ | voiced velar fricative | |
| ṙ | ||
| kʹ | voiceless palatal plosive | |
| gʹ | voiced palatal plosive | |
| ń | palatal nasal | |
| χ́ | voiceless palatal fricative | |
| š | voiceless postalveolar fricative | |
| š́ | voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative | |
| γ́ | voiced palatal fricative | |
| ž | voiced postalveolar fricative | |
| ž́ | voiced alveolo-palatal fricative | |
| y | palatal approximant | |
| lʹ | palatal lateral approximant | |
| ṭ | voiceless retroflex plosive | |
| ḍ | voiced retroflex plosive | |
| ṇ | retroflex nasal | |
| ṣ̌ | voiceless retroflex fricative | |
| ẓ̌ | voiced retroflex fricative | |
| ṛ | retroflex flap | |
| ḷ | retroflex lateral approximant | |
| ṯ | pharyngealized voiceless alveolar plosive | |
| ḏ | pharyngealized voiced alveolar plosive | |
| s̱ | pharyngealized voiceless alveolar fricative | |
| ẕ | pharyngealized voiced alveolar fricative | |
| δ̱ | pharyngealized voiced dental fricative | |
| t | voiceless alveolar plosive | |
| d | voiced alveolar plosive | |
| n | alveolar nasal | |
| s | voiceless alveolar fricative | |
| z | voiced alveolar fricative | |
| θ | voiceless dental fricative | |
| δ | voiced dental fricative | |
| r | alveolar trill | |
| l | alveolar lateral approximant | |
| p | voiceless bilabial plosive | |
| b | voiced bilabial plosive | |
| m | bilabial nasal | |
| f | voiceless bilabial fricative | |
| v | voiced bilabial fricative | |
| w | labial-velar approximant | |
| ı | dental click | |
| ı̣ | alveolar click | |
| ıı | lateral click | |
| ı́ | palatal click |
To mark aspiration and affricates, the corresponding letters are simply written next to each other, thus kh in Lepsius' Standard Alphabet would be in IPA and tš would be . For palatalization, the character ʹ is used, so pʹ is in IPA. Ejective consonants are sometimes written as double letters, although this could be mixed up with long consonants.
Read more about this topic: Standard Alphabet By Lepsius
Related Phrases
Related Words