Triparic Pronunciation: Difference between revisions
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! c | !colspan="2"|c | ||
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! cz | ! cz |
Revision as of 05:16, 20 March 2016
THIS IS A DRAFT. Carrie and Shawn are revising things.
N.B. Both the digraph system and the accented-character system are acceptable native orthographies, but it's bad form to mix systems within one text.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w, z | as in English | |
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y | as in English when consonantal | |
g | always hard, as in English get | |
x | x as in axe, except z at beginning of words | |
q | Always part of a digraph "qu" for the cluster kw | |
c | Always "k" before a, o, u; always "s" before i, e | |
cz | č | ch as in church |
sz | š | sh as in shoe |
nz | ň | ny as in canyon |
dz | ð | "dh", or th as in that |
tz | þ | th as in think |
Vowels
a | as in father |
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e | as in romance languages |
i | as machine |
o | as in float |
u | as in pool |
as in out | |
as in aye | |
as in boy | |
as in hate | |
as in German mögen | |
as in German müssen | |
as in hat |