Consonant Minimal Pairs
| Working orthography | IPA | Example words |
| r | /’karo/ | caro ‘expensive’ |
| rr | /’kaho/ | carro ‘car’ |
| t | /’peto/ | peito ‘breast’ |
| d | /’pedo/ | peido ‘fart’ |
| ç | /ka’sah/ | caçar ‘to hunt’ |
| z | /ka’zah/ | casar ‘to hunt’ |
Vowel Minimal Pairs
| Working Orthography | IPA | Example Words |
| ão | /ão/ | pão ‘bread’ |
| au | /ao/ | pau ‘stick, wood’ |
| o | /o/ | barato ‘cheap’ |
| a | /a/ | barata ‘ cockroach’ |