The Aiola Alphabet

Each sound is represented by one symbol in Aiola. Symbols can composed of either one or two letters. Click on each symbol to hear its sound. The sounds are repeated twice in order to give the learner the opportunity to repeat the sound after the speaker.
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All of the Aiola sounds are described according to the International Phonetic Alphabet.
back open vowel                                       voiced bilabial implosive consonant
voiceless postalveolar fricative consonant     voiced alveolar implosive consonant
voiced postalveolar affricate consonant         voiced alveolar affricate consonant
front close-mid vowel                                 voiceless labiodental fricative consonant
voiced velar implosive consonant                 voiceless glottal fricative consonant
front close vowel                                       voiced postalveolar fricative consonant
voiceless velar implosive consonant             alveolar lateral approximant consonant
voiced bilabial nasal consonant                    voiced alveolar nasal consonant
back close-mid rounded vowel                     voiceless bilabial implosive consonant
voiced alveolar trill consonant                      voiceless alveolar fricative consonant
voiceless alveolar implosive consonant         voiceless postalveolar affricate consonant
voiceless alveolar affricate consonant           back close rounded vowel
voiced labiodental fricative consonant          voiced labial velar approximant consonant
voiced palatal approximant consonant          voiced alveolar fricative consonant

Aiola has five vowels: a, e, i, o, u. All the other symbols represent consonants of the language. Four consonant sounds are represented in written speech with diagraphs (two-letter symbol).