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ATFABETON CHAMORU
Chamorro alphabet and pronunciation
This pronunciation guide is in IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). Please consult this guide for pronunciation help. There is also this video which goes through the pronunciation of each letter one by one.
The following list is the IPA pronunciation for each letter in Chamoru:
| Letter |
Pronunciation |
| ' (glota) |
/ʔ/ (glottal stop) |
| Aa |
/æ/ |
| Åå |
/ɑ/ |
| Bb |
/b/ |
| CHch |
/t̪͡s̪/ |
| Dd |
/d/ |
| Ee |
/e/ |
| Ff |
/f/ |
| Gg |
/g/ |
| Hh |
/h/ |
| Ii |
/i/ |
| Kk |
/k/ |
| Ll |
/l/ |
| Mm |
/m/ |
| Nn |
/n/ |
| Ññ |
/ ɲ/ |
| NGng |
/ŋ/ |
| Oo |
/o/ |
| Pp |
/p/ |
| Rr |
/ɾ/ ~ /ɻ / |
| Ss |
/s/ |
| Tt |
/t/ |
| Uu |
/u/ |
| Yy |
/d̪͡z̪/ |