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Letter j

CONTENTS: [ Writing Animation | Pronunciation Notes | Exercises ]

Writing Animation:
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The detached letter j: [voiced post-alveolar affricate] [SOUND]
A word-initial j:

animal

 [SOUND]
jaanvaru
A word-medial j: my (masc.) [SOUND]
munhinjo [see note below]
A word-final j: five [SOUND]
panja

Note: there is a difference between the printed version of medial "h" on this website (as in munhinjo 'my (masc)' ) and the handwritten one (same word: munhinjo ). See more on this on the h-info page.

Pronunciation Notes

This letter represents the consonant [j] and is pronounced just like the "j" in American English, as in "jug".

Exercises

1. Visual Discrimination Exercise

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2. Writing Exercise

Print out the PDF file and follow the instructions to practice writing j: j.pdf