In this publication, we will consider what speech sound is and what types there are. We also give tables with the sounds of the language, broken down into: voiced and deaf, hard and soft, paired and unpaired.
lotomalie
Uiga o le leo
Leo tautala o mea tatou te faalogo i ai ma fai atu ai.
O leo e faʻaaogaina mo le tautala tautala ma e:
- vaueli – e mafai ona usuina (i soo se ki). I lenei tulaga, o le ea e sau mai le gutu o le a le fetaiai ma faʻalavelave i lona ala.
- konsoni – e le mafai ona usuina.
Tables of sounds of the language
Leo vaueli: [a], [i], [o], [y], [s] ma le [e].
Konsoni leo ma le leo
| Faʻasalaina | Le totogia | ||
| Faaleoina | tutuli | Faaleoina | tutuli |
| [b], [b'] | [p], [p'] | [ma'] | [x], [x'] |
| [i], [i'] | [f], [f'] | [l], [l'] | [i] |
| [g], [g'] | [k], [k'] | [mm'] | [ch'] |
| [d], [d'] | [t], [t'] | [n], [n'] | [sh'] |
| [F] | [w] | [p], [p'] | |
| [z], [z'] | [c], [c'] |
Konsoni malo ma malu
| Faʻasalaina | Le totogia | ||
| malō | malū | malō | malū |
| [e] | [e] | [F] | [ma'] |
| [i] | [i totonu'] | [i] | [ch'] |
| [g] | [G'] | [w] | [sh'] |
| [d] | [d'] | ||
| [h] | [ma'] | ||
| [i] | [i'] | ||
| [l] | [l'] | ||
| [m] | [m'] | ||
| [leai] | [n'] | ||
| [P] | [p'] | ||
| [R] | [r'] | ||
| [mai] | [ma'] | ||
| [t] | [t'] | ||
| [F] | [f'] | ||
| [NS] | [x'] |
O lea, e 42 leo i : 6 vaueli ma le 36 konesane.