The orthography of SK is still being developed. This orthographic system is meant to be neither definitive nor assumed to be agreed upon by others, in general. The International Phonetic Alphabet symbols are left-most, with corresponding orthographic symbols to the right. Examples of sounds are exemplified (when possible) using Standard American English words.
Plosives
/b/ ‘b’ as in bat
/d/ ‘d’ as in dog
/g/ ‘g’ as in goat
/p/ ‘p’ as in speak
/ph/ ‘p’’ as in pat
/t/ ‘t’ as in tap
/th/ ‘t’’ as in tick
/k/ ‘k’ as in skit
/kh/ ‘k’’ as in kick
Fricatives
/s/ ‘s’ as in see
/z/ ‘z’ as in zip
/ʃ/ ‘sh’ as in ship
/ʒ/ ‘ll’ as in garage
/x/ ‘j’ This is a voiceless velar fricative, which is not a distinct phoneme in Standard American English.
Affricates
/ʧ/ ‘ch’ as in chip
/ʧh/ ‘ch’’ This is a voiceless, aspirated post-alveolar affricate, which is not a distinct phoneme in Standard American English.
/ʦ/ ‘ts’ This is a voiceless, alveolar affricate, which is not a distinct phoneme in Standard American English.
Nasals
/n/ ‘n’ as in neck
/m/ ‘m’ as in man
/ɲ/ ‘ñ’ This is a palatal nasal, which is not a distinct phoneme in Standard American English. It sounds similar to the ‘nu’ in annual.
Liquids
/l/ ‘l’ as in lip
/ɾ/ ‘r’ This is an alveolar tap, which is not a distinct phoneme in Standard American English. It sounds similar to the ‘tt’ in litter.
Glides
/j/ ‘y’ as in yeast
/w/ ‘w’ as in wing
Vowels
/i/ ‘i’ as in meat
/u/ ‘u’ as in tube
/a/ ‘a’ as in father
Diphthongs
/aj/ ‘ai’ as in kite
/aw/ ‘au’ as in house
