Talpha is a word that is spelled with the letters T, A, L, P, H, and A. In IPA phonetic transcription, it would be spelled /tælfə/. The first two sounds are the alveolar consonant /t/ followed by the open-mid front vowel /æ/. The next sound is the alveolar lateral approximant /l/, followed by the voiceless bilabial fricative /f/. The last two sounds are the voiceless glottal fricative /h/ and the same open-mid front vowel /æ/.