Pronunciation Guide (Lannang Orthography)
This interactive pronunciation guide is designed to be a companion to the Lannang Orthography booklet (www.lannangarchives.org/booklet). The guide lists the sounds and tones found in Lánnang-uè (as accurately as possible), represented using the International Phonetic Association (IPA) system, and linked to Lannang Orthography. The guide includes audio clips of sample words, along with transcriptions in Lannang Orthography, word origins, English translations, and word frequency. The entries are initially organized by the place of articulation. For enhanced navigation, users are encouraged to filter entries by type—such as consonant, vowel, or tone—or by specific places of articulation. You could also filter the list by directly typing the Lannang Orthography spelling.
To cite:
Gonzales, Wilkinson Daniel Wong. 2024. Lannang Orthography (LO) Second Edition. The Lannang Archives. www.lannangarchives.org.
b
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[b]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
bá
Word origin:
Meaning:
Tagalog
‘question marker’
Frequency:
common
m
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[m]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
má
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
‘mother’
Frequency:
common
v
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[b]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
violìn
Word origin:
Meaning:
English
‘violin’
Frequency:
somewhat common
th
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[θ]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
thoûght
Word origin:
Meaning:
English
‘thought’
Frequency:
common
th
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[d]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
thèn
Word origin:
Meaning:
English
‘then’
Frequency:
common
d
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[d]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
diaú
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
‘wrinkled’
Frequency:
common
x
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[s]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
xerôx
Word origin:
Meaning:
Tagalog, English
‘photocopy’
Frequency:
common
kn
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[n]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
knîght
Word origin:
Meaning:
English
‘knight’
Frequency:
common
wr
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[ɻ]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
writèr
Word origin:
Meaning:
English
‘writer’
Frequency:
common
j
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[dʒ]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
jaìl
Word origin:
Meaning:
English
‘jail’
Frequency:
common
ch
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[tʃ ̚]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
chá
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
‘here’
Frequency:
common
k
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[k]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
kō
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
‘paste’
Frequency:
common
p
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[p]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
pá
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
‘father’
Frequency:
common
f
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[f]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
feathèr
Word origin:
Meaning:
English
‘feather’
Frequency:
common
ph
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[f]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
grâph
Word origin:
Meaning:
English
‘graph’
Frequency:
common
th
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[t]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
thoûght
Word origin:
Meaning:
English
‘thought’
Frequency:
somewhat common
t
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[t]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
tiaú
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
‘a string of’ classifier
Frequency:
common
s
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[s]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
siaû
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
‘crazy’
Frequency:
common
c
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[s]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
celerỳ
Word origin:
Meaning:
English
‘celery’
Frequency:
common
l
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[l]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
lân
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
‘us (inclusive)’
Frequency:
common
sh
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[ʃ]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
shaû
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
‘crazy’
Frequency:
common
ts
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[ts]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
tsiá
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
‘here’
Frequency:
common
chh
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[tʃ]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
chhā
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
‘car’
Frequency:
common
kh
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[kh]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
khō
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
classifier for currency
Frequency:
common
ph
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[ph]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
phē
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
‘blanket’
Frequency:
common
v
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[v]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
violìn
Word origin:
Meaning:
English
‘violin’
Frequency:
common
gh
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[f]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
enoûgh
Word origin:
Meaning:
English
‘enough’
Frequency:
common
th
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[ð]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
thèn
Word origin:
Meaning:
English
‘then’
Frequency:
common
th
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[th]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
thiaù
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
‘jump’
Frequency:
common
z
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[z]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
zebrà
Word origin:
Meaning:
English
‘zebra’
Frequency:
common
n
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[n]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
niaū
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
‘cat’
Frequency:
common
r
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[ɻ]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
Russià
Word origin:
Meaning:
English
‘Russia’
Frequency:
common
t
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[ʃ]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
statiòn
Word origin:
Meaning:
English
‘station’
Frequency:
common
tsh
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[tsh]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
tshiā
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
‘car’
Frequency:
common
y
Sound/tone(s) represented (IPA):
[j]
Sample word that has the sound/tone:
How to write the sound in a word in LO:
yá
Word origin:
Meaning:
Hokkien
‘very’
Frequency:
common