Triparic Pronunciation
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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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c | ||
g | ||
q | ||
x | ||
y | as in English when consonantal | |
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 |
x as in axe |
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 |