Aymara/Alphabet
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Aymaran Alphabet or Aymaran Transliteration is an variant of Latin alphabet. Aymaran alphabet are composed with 32 letters, that is:
Capital Letter | Small Letter | IPA | Description |
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A | a | [a] | It is pronounced according to International Phonetic Alphabet. It is same as "i" in high in English, but not longer and not diphthongized. |
Ch | ch | [t͡ʃ] | Like cheap in English. |
Chh | chh | [t͡ʃʰ] | It is an aspirated consonant. |
Chʼ | chʼ | [t͡ʃʼ] | It is an eyective consonant. |
I | i | [i] | Like cream in English, but not longer. |
J | j | [h] Southern Aymara (Tacna, Puno and Moquegua).
[x] Central Aymara (Bolivia, Chile and Argentina). |
Like hot in English.
Like the Spanish j. |
K | k | [k] | Like the Spanish k. |
Kh | kh | [kʰ] | It is an aspirated consonant. |
Kʼ | kʼ | [kʼ] | It is an eyective consonant. |
L | l | [l] | Like the Spanish l. |
Ll | ll | [ʎ] | Like in Spanish llave |
M | m | [] | |
N | n | [] | |
Ñ | ñ | [] | |
P | p | [] | |
Ph | ph | [] | It is an aspirated consonant. |
Pʼ | pʼ | [] | It is an eyective consonant. |
Q | q | [] | |
Qh | qh | [] | It is an aspirated consonant. |
Qʼ | qʼ | [] | It is an eyective consonant. |
R | r | [] | |
S | s | [] | |
T | t | [] | |
Th | th | [] | It is an aspirated consonant. |
Tʼ | tʼ | [] | It is an eyective consonant. |
U | u | [] | |
W | w | [] | |
X | x | [] | |
Y | y | [] | |
Ä | ä | [] | |
Ï | ï | [] | |
Ü | ü | [] |