Dyula alphabet and pronunciation guide for anglophones
Dyula alphabet with pronunciation examples for English speakers
Letter | IPA Symbol | English pronunciation | Jula example | English meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | a | hat | saga | sheep |
| aa | ɑ | dark (longer a) | baara | work |
| an | ɑ̃ | like lawn | sanji | rain |
| b | b | big | baga | porridge |
| c | tʃ | match | cɛ | man |
| d | e | dot | disi | chest |
| e | e | make | bese | machete |
| ee | e: | (drawn out e) | feere | sell |
| en | sang [Approximate] | ɛ̃ | sen | foot |
| ɛ | ɛ | met | kɛnɛya | health |
| ɛɛ | ɛ | (drawn out short e) | mɛɛn | last |
| ɛn | ɛ̃ | (nasalized short e) | bɛn | agree |
| f | f | fox | foro | field |
| g | g | get | mɔgɔ | person |
| gw or gb | ɡ͡b or ɡʷ | gb or gw | gbɛlɛ or gwɛlɛ | hard |
| h | h | hello | hakili | intelligence |
| i | i | free | misi | cow |
| ii | i | (lengthened i) | miiri | thought |
| in | ĩ | nasilized i like seen [Approximate] | min | drink |
| j | ɟ or dʒ | Abidjan | ji | water |
| k | k | kiosque | kitabu | livre |
| l | l | late | lolo | star |
| m | m | mat | maro | rice |
| n | n | note | nɔnɔ | milk |
| ɲ | ɲ | oignon | ɲɔ | mil |
| ŋ | ŋ | ten glasses (ng) [Approximate] | ŋɔni | thorn |
| o | o | no | bolo | hand |
| oo | o | (drawn out o) | looru | five |
| on | õ | nom [Approximate] | bon | house |
| ɔ | ɔ | not | sɔrɔ | find |
| ɔɔ | ɔ | (drawn out ɔ) | fɔɔnɔ | vomit |
| ɔn | ɑ̃ | like 'ahn' [Approximate] | dɔn | danse |
| p | p | pen | pan | jump |
| r | r | pero [Spanish] | bɔrɔ | sac |
| s | s | sauce | sara | pay |
| t | t | table | toto | rat |
| u | u | boot | kura | new |
| uu | u | (lenthened u) | suuri | lower |
| un | ũ | (nasal u) | kunkolo | head |
| v | v | vol | vote [borrowed from French] | vote |
| w | w | watch | wari | money |
| y | j | yes | yan | here |
| z | z | zoo | zɔnzɔn | shrimp |