Yup'ik to English

Here are some of the phonetic differences between Yup'ik and English.

Letter in Yup’ik	English sound
C	CH
T	D
P	B
V	F
II	LONG E
R	H (sorta – it’s like a really guttural R)
Q	K
G	G (but way, way in the back of your throat)
UA	O (as in dog)
LL	TH (sort of – it’s really more like you put your tongue to the roof of your mouth and hiss.)

Also, there is no B, D, F, H, J, O, X, or Z in Yup’ik.

This is only my very primitive understanding of Yup’ik phonemes. Corrections are welcome, if anyone reading this has a better knowledge of the language.

Anyway, perhaps this is why my kids have a hard time reading and writing in English? When you consider how many contradictions there are between the two systems, I think it's kind of amazing that they figure it out at all. I doubt if I could.