/b/ boca /' boka/ English b in bin but without the aspiration that follows it
/β/ cabo /’kaβo/ Very soft bilabial sound, produced with the lips hardly meeting.
Ave /’aβe/
/d/ dolor /do’lor/ English d in den but articulated with the tip of the tongue against the upper teeth rather than against the alveolar ridge. There is no aspiration.
/ð/ cada /'kaða/ English th in rather
/f/ fino /'fino/ English f in feat
/g/ gota /'gota/ English g in goat
/ɣ̞/ pago /'paɣ̞o/ Very soft continous sound produced in the throat like /g/ but without the sudden release of air
/J/ mayo /English y in yet pronunced slightly more emphatically when at the beggining of an utterance.
There is some regional variants
/j/ tiene /'tiene/ English y in yet. Only found in diphtongs and triphtongs.
/k/ cama /'kama/ English c ub cap but without the aspiration that follos it.
/l/ lago /'laɣ̞o/ English l in lid, without the vocalic resonance it often has in American English
/m/ mono /'mono/ English m in most.
/n/ no /no/ English n in nib
/ŋ/ banco /'baŋko/ English ng in song
/ɲ/ año /Like gn in French soigné, similar to the ni in onion, pronunced with the tongue flat against the palate.
