This page is a set of keys to help with the transcription of the Afar language into the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Consonants
| IPA
|
Letter
|
Example
|
English approximation
|
| b
|
b
|
eykebeebe[1]
|
buy
|
| d
|
d
|
dagal
|
dog
|
| f
|
f
|
facisite
|
farm
|
| g
|
g
|
dagal
|
dog
|
| ħ
|
c
|
dalcu
|
ḥal (Modern Standard Arabic)
|
| h
|
h
|
dahab
|
house
|
| j
|
y
|
geyite
|
young
|
| k
|
k
|
burkacite
|
kerosene
|
| l
|
l
|
galam
|
love
|
| m
|
m
|
fakamfake
|
mountain
|
| n
|
n
|
faranka
|
renewal
|
| ɾ
|
r
|
faranka
|
atom
|
| ɽ
|
x
|
gexamgexe
|
luv (Elfdalian)
|
| s
|
s
|
dodobbaasite
|
sun
|
| t
|
t
|
alaysite
|
turn
|
| w
|
w
|
galbabbaqinnoowe
|
went
|
| ʕ
|
q
|
damaqtu
|
al-ʽarabiyya (Modern Standard Arabic)
|
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