Consonants

Working orthography	IPA	Example words
b	b	bong   ‘night‘
k	k	kina   ‘scratch’
r	ɾ	roko   ‘visit’
t	t   or   s	tong   ‘faint’    tin   ‘can’
w	w	wi   ‘mouth’
m	m	mina   ‘dream’
n	n	nira   ‘wrap’
ng	ŋ	ngai   ‘me’

 
Vowels

Working Orthography	IPA	Example Words
a	a	auti   ‘house’
e	e	ewanin   ‘coconut husk’
i	i	ika    ‘fish’
o	o	oko   ‘cane’
u	u	unimwaane   ‘old men’