Phoneme: oi

IPA: [oi]

oi [oi]: mid back short, low tone vowel combines with the high front short, low tone vowel.


Word: tsoi [tshoi] “bile” Syllable type: CVV

Description: An aspirated alveolar affricate ts [tsh] followed by the diphthong, oi [oi], a mid back short, low tone vowel that combines with the high front short, low tone vowel. The transitions of the diphthong are visible in the spectrogram.