Kokatha Sounds

The Kokatha alphabet has 23 letters representing the basic sounds of the language. Some Kokatha sounds are written with one letter and some sounds are written with two. There are also four letters that have lines underneath, which means that they have a special pronunciation.

a aa i ii k l ly m n ng ny p r t tj u uu w y

a

as in papa

i

as in pika

u

as in kuka

aa

as in tjaa

ii

as in pii

uu

as in yuu


k

as in Kokatha

l

as in ngali

m

as in manta

n

as in pina

p

as in puḻka

r

as in tarka

t

as in kata

w

as in uwa

y

as in wiya


as in uḻa

as in tjiṉtu

as in maṟa

as in tjiṯa


ly

as in palya

ng

as in ngura

ny

as in wanyi

tj

as in tjuni