Initials

b- Like "b-" in "boy. "

p- Like "p-" in "pie.

m- Like "m-" in "my."

f- Like "f-" in "for. "

d- Like"d-" in"do."

t- Like "t-" in "to. "

n- Like "n-" in "no. "

1- Like "1-" in "like. "

g- Like "g-" in "go.

k- Like "k-" in "key. "

h- Like "h-" in "high" , but a little more guttural.

y- Like "y-" in "you.

w- Like "w-" in "we. "

s- Like "s-" in "so .

c-A "ts" sound, pronounced like the end of "cats."

z- A "dz" sound, pronounced like the end of "lids. "

j- Like "j" in "jeep", but with the tongue just a little further forward.

q- Like "ch" in "cheap", but with the tongue just a little further forward.

x- Like "sh" in "she", but with the tongue just a little further forward.

zh- Like "j" in "jump", but with tip of the tongue a little further back.

ch- Like" ch" in "chip", but with tongue further back.

sh- Like" sh" in "ship", but with tongue further back.

r- Like "r" in "rink", but with the tongue a bit higher so it buzzes ever so slightly.