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Help on Remo phonetics
| Phonetic Symbol | English Example | Phonetic Description | Remo example | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consonants | ||||
| p | 'pig' | voiceless bilabial plosive | listen | pa |
| b | 'bell' | voiced bilabial plosive | listen | baʔ |
| t | 'tap' | voiceless alveolar plosive | listen | tamo |
| ʈ | n/a | voiceless retroflex plosive | listen | ʈarne titi |
| d | 'dot' | voiced alveolar plosive | listen | daj |
| ɖ | n/a | voiced retroflex plosive | listen | ɖa |
| c | n/a | voiceless palatal plosive | n/a | |
| k | 'car' | voiceless velar plosive | listen | kal |
| g | 'game' | voiced velar plosive | listen | gire |
| m | 'man' | bilabial nasal | listen | maj |
| n | 'net' | alveolar nasal | listen | notə |
| ɲ | 'canyon' | palatal nasal | listen | ɲuruga |
| ŋ | 'song' | velar nasal | listen | raŋlaʔ |
| f | 'fit' | voiceless labiodental fricative | listen | fudaʔ |
| v | 'vase' | voiced labiodental fricative | listen | sivaŋ |
| s | 'sit' | voiceless alveolar fricative | listen | soka |
| ʧ | 'chip' | voiceless palato-alveolar affricate | listen | ʧini |
| ʤ | 'jet' | voiced palato-alveolar affricate | listen | ʤam |
| r | n/a | alveolar trill | listen | remo |
| ɽ | n/a | retroflex trill | listen | ɽaŋ |
| w | 'win' | voiced labiovelar approximant | listen | wap |
| l | 'lake' | alveolar lateral approximant | listen | lo |
| j | 'yes' | palatal approximant | listen | jeʈla |
| h | 'hello' | voiceless glottal fricative | listen | hoʤaʔ |
| ʔ | 'uh oh' | glottal stop | listen | aʔe |
| Vowels | all vowels may be nasalized with ˜ | |||
| a (ɑ) | 'bar' | low-central unrounded vowel | listen | aka |
| e | 'crepe' | close-mid front unrounded vowel | listen | emor twi |
| ə | 'fun' | mid-central vowel | listen | tərta |
| i | 'need' | close-front unrounded vowel | listen | isao |
| ǐ | similar to 'aj' | close front unrounded vowel with semi-vowel/glide/consonantal quality, used in Bhattacharya. | n/a | |
| ɨ | 'roses' | close central unrounded vowel | listen | ɨskul |
| ɪ | 'rip' | near-close near-front unrounded vowel | n/a | |
| o | 'pot' | close-mid back rounded vowel, used in Anderson recordings of Hill Remo. | listen | oluksiŋ |
| ɔ | 'bought' | open-mid back rounded vowel, used in Bhattacharya for Plains Remo. | n/a | |
| u | 'who' | close back rounded vowel | listen | uli |
| ǔ | similar to 'w' | close back rounded vowel with semi-vowel/glide/consonantal quality, used in Bhattacharya. | n/a | |
| ː (ˇ) | n/a | long vowel marker. ˇ used in Bhattacharya on long 'a' and 'o'. | listen | boːb |
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