The word "akol" may seem unfamiliar to many people. It is actually a word from the Dinka language spoken in South Sudan. The spelling of this word can be a bit tricky for English speakers as it uses a different set of phonemes. In IPA, "akol" is spelled as /a-kɔl/, where the first sound is an open back unrounded vowel followed by a velar nasal. The last sound is an unrounded mid-open vowel. It is important to understand different phonetic transcriptions when trying to understand and learn new languages.