The following describes how various spellings in the Boon Wurrung language are pronounced.

• u... As in ‘put’
• a... As in ‘pasta’ or the ‘u’ in ‘but’
• o... As in ‘hot’
• e... As in ‘bed’
• ee... As the ‘I’ in ‘big’
• aa... As the ‘a’ in ‘pass’
• ng... As in ‘ng’ in English ‘singer’
• dj... As English ‘j’ or ‘ch’
• rn... An ‘n’ sound, but with the tongue curled back behind the gum ridge
• ny... As the ‘n’ in ‘news’ – even at the end of a word
• n... As English ‘n’
• rr... As a rolled or trilled ‘r’ sound
• r... An English ‘r’ sound, as in ‘round’
• y... As English ‘y’
• t or d... As English ‘t’ or ‘d’. Traditionally somewhere between these two sounds
• g (k at end of words)... As English ‘g’ or ‘k’. Traditionally somewhere between these two sounds