Summary of Pronunciation of Church Romanization according to International Phonetic Alphabet

(Church romanization) /IPA/

vowels

diphthongs

triphthongs

ideosyncratic:

syllabic consonants:

tone marks

(no mark and does not end in -h,-p,-t,-k) tone 1 (high level)
(/ mark) tone 2 (high-to-middle falling)
(` mark) tone 3 (low)
(no mark but ends in -h,-p,-t,-k) tone 4 (middle-falling)
(^ mark) tone 5 (low-to-middle rising)
  (no tone 6)
(- overbar mark, can also write ~) tone 7 (middle-level)
(| mark, ends in -h,-p,-t,-k) tone 8