Soleani orthography
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Consonants
| Latin letter | IPA value | Kapunaki base stroke |
Kapunaki coda stroke |
Latin letter | Voiced IPA value | Kapunaki base stroke |
Kapunaki coda stroke |
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| p | /p/ | 
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| t | /t̪/ | 
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d | /d̪/ | 
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| k | /k/ | 
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g | /g/ | 
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| th | /ʔ/ | 
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| q | /ǀ/ | 
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| l | /l/ | 
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| n | /n̪/ | 
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| ŋ or ng | /ŋ/ | 
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| ɰ or gw | /ɰ/ | 
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| v | /v/ | 
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| z | /z/ | 
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| h | /x/ | 
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gh | /ɣ/ | 
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| kh | /χ/ | 
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| š or ls | /ɬ/ | 
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Vowels
| Latin letter | IPA value | Kapunaki vowel diacritic |
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| a | /a/ | 
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| e | /ɛ/ | 
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| i | /i/ | 
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| o | /ɤ/ | 
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| u | /u/ | 
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| ai | /ai/ | 
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| ei | /ɛi/ | 
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| oi | /ɤi/ | 
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| l | /l/ | 
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| n | /n̪/ | 
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| ŋ or ng | /ŋ/ | 
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| r | /rʷ/ | 
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Diacritics
| Description | Orthography | IPA Value | Diacritic example |
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| gemination | pp, tt, kk, etc., | /pː t̪ː kː/ | 
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| long vowel | á, é, í, ó, ú | /aː ɛː iː ɤː uː/ | 
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| uvular vowel | ǎ, ǐ, ǔ | /aʶ iʶ uʶ/ | 
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| stress | ą, ę, į, ǫ, ų | signifies non-standard stressed syllable |
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