Appendix:Choctaw pronunciation

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Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
/b/ bōk ball
/f/ foni fuss
/h/ hattak hut
/j/ yakoke yard
/k/ koni cold
/l/ lapish last
/ɬ~θ/ alhpoa ether
/m/ mahli must
/n/ nani not
/p/ pokkoli puck
/s/ sakli fast
/ʃ/ shoshi shall
/t/ takkon tall
/tʃ/ chahta Choctaw
[ʔ] ofi'at[1] the glottal stop in uh-oh!
Allophones
/ç/ chahta, hohchifo human
/ɣ/ oka Like Spanish agua
Pitch accent
á chokfi
([chʊ́kfi])		 a high tone on the stress syllable
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
Short vowels
/a/ oka brat
/i/ ofi pique
/o/ ofi storm
Long vowels
/aː/ ayokla spa
/iː/ tik see
/oː/ pokkoli low
Nasal vowels
/aː/ a no equivalent
/oː/ o song
/ĩː~ẽː/ siti sing
Lax vowels
/ə/ hattak uh
/ɪ/ ishki kit
/ʊ/ pokkoli put
Marginal vowels
/eː/ -akhi Mary
  1. ^ The glottal stop [ʔ] is usually not pronounced. Some linguists purport that all final vowels in Choctaw are followed by [ʔ] or[h].
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