Hainâ Pronounciation and Reading Guide

Romanization reading rules
Here are the rules for pronouncing Hainâ's romanization, with the phonetics and examples in different languages.
 * A: [a] (Japanese: あ [a] in あなた [anata], English: a in art)
 * Â : [ɔ] (English: "a" in "ball", Korean: 어 [eo] in 엄마 [eomma] )
 * Ã : [ã] (French: "an" in "chanson")
 * E : [e] (French: "é" in "beauté", Japanese: え [e] in えがお [egao] )
 * I : [i] (Japanese: い [i] in かわいい [kawaii], English: "ee" in "see", French: "i" in "Vie".
 * Î : [ɛ̃] (French: "ain" in "pain")
 * O : [o] (Spanish: "o" in "todo", German: "oh" in "Kohl", English: close to the "o" in "go")
 * Ö : [ə] (English: "e" in "daughter", French: "eu" in "heureux")
 * Õ : [ɔ̃] (French: "on" in "bonjour")
 * U : [u] (English: "oo" in boots, Korean: 우 [u] in 우리 [uri], French: "ou" in "fou")
 * Û : [ɯ] (Korean: "으" [eu] in 음식 [eumsik], French: "u" in "vu")
 * R : [ɾ] (Korean and Japanese: "r" in "ramen", Portuguese: "r" in "prato")
 * X : [ʁ] (French: "r" in "aurevoir, German: "r" in "reden")
 * Ŕ : [ɹ] / [ɻ] (English: "r" in "run", Chinese: "r"/"ㄖ"  in "ròu"/"ㄖㄡˋ" （肉）)
 * C : [ʃ] (English: "sh" in shirt, French: "ch" in "chose")
 * Q : [ŋ] (English: "ng" in "Making")

All the vowels and consonants not mentioned are pronounced the same way as in english.

Examples of Hainâ words and their pronounciation

 * Dâm (Han: 男; Meaning: Man; IPA: [dɔm])
 * Passû (Han: 人; Meaning: Person; IPA: [pas͈ɯ])
 * Narû (Han: 名; Meaning: Name; IPA: [naɾɯ])