KEY TO PRONUNCIATION OF MAYA WORDS
Reading edition
Vowels and consonants are pronounced as in Spanish, with the following exceptions:
ǩ k explosive
K ordinary palatal k
X sh as in shut
TŠ ch explosive
Ɔ ts
Ai like i in confide
tt t explosive
THE MAYA INDIANS OF SOUTHERN YUCATAN AND NORTHERN BRITISH HONDURAS
By Thomas W. F. Gann