Consonants:

B as in "big"

D as in "dog"

F as in "fun"

H as in "hello"

J (or CH) as in "jar"

K as in "skin" (unaspirated)

KH as the K in "kiss"

L as in "luck"

M as in "more"

N as in "now"

NG as in "singer" (this combination sometimes appears at the beginning of a word)

NY as in the Russian "nyet"

P as in "speak" (unaspirated)

Ph as the P in "pill"

S (or X) as in "same"

T as in "stop " (unaspirated)

Th as the T in "tin"

W (or V) as in "wish"

Y as in "yes"

Vowels:

A as the AH as in "autobahn "

AE as the A in "cat "

AI as in "Thai "

AW as in "jaw "

AO as in "Lao "

E as in "pen "

EU as in French "fleur "

I as in "mimi "

IA as in "India"

O as in "flow"

OE as in "Goethe"

U (or OU) as the OU in "you"

UA (or OUA) as the UA in "truant"