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* /v/ - like "v" in "vase" | * /v/ - like "v" in "vase" | ||
* /m/ - like "m" in "mom" | * /m/ - like "m" in "mom" | ||
* /t/ - like "t" in "top" | * /t/ - like "t" in "top" | ||
* /d/ - like "d" in "dot" | * /d/ - like "d" in "dot" | ||
* /n/ - like "n" in "no" | * /n/ - like "n" in "no" | ||
* /s/ - like "s" in "sing" | * /s/ - like "s" in "sing" | ||
* /z/ - like "z" in "zoo" | * /z/ - like "z" in "zoo" | ||
* / | * /c/ - like "sh" in "shoe" | ||
* / | * /j/ - like "s" in "pleasure" | ||
* /l/ - like "l" in "lap" | * /l/ - like "l" in "lap" | ||
* /r/ - trilled r | * /r/ - trilled r | ||
* /k/ - like "k" in "keep" | * /k/ - like "k" in "keep" | ||
* /g/ - like "g" in "go" | * /g/ - like "g" in "go" | ||
* /x/ - like "ch" in German "ach" | * /x/ - like "ch" in German "ach" | ||
* /'/ - glottal stop | * /'/ - glottal stop | ||
Latest revision as of 09:05, 10 December 2007
For its alpha release Strish orthography will be a variant of ASCII IPA.
Here is the phonemic inventory for Strish:
Vowels
- /i/ - like "ee" in "see"
- /I/ - like "i" in "it"
- /e/ - like "ay" in "say" (without gliding towards the final /i/ sound)
- /E/ - like "e" in "bet"
- /a/ - like "a" in "father"
- /A/ - like "a" in "cat"
- /o/ - like "o" in "phone" (without gliding towards the final /u/ sound)
- /O/ - like "au" in "caught"
- /u/ - like "oo" in "food"
- /U/ - like "oo" in "cook"
- /@/ - like "u" in "cup"
- /y/ - rounded /i/
- /R/ - like "ur" in "hurt"; rhotic
The tense vowels /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/, /u/, /y/, /R/ can all be parts of diphthongs. Not every combination of tense vowels forms a valid diphthong, but there are still too many valid combinations to comfortably try to list here.
Consonants
- /p/ - like "p" in "put"
- /b/ - like "b" in "but"
- /f/ - like "f" in "foot"
- /v/ - like "v" in "vase"
- /m/ - like "m" in "mom"
- /t/ - like "t" in "top"
- /d/ - like "d" in "dot"
- /n/ - like "n" in "no"
- /s/ - like "s" in "sing"
- /z/ - like "z" in "zoo"
- /c/ - like "sh" in "shoe"
- /j/ - like "s" in "pleasure"
- /l/ - like "l" in "lap"
- /r/ - trilled r
- /k/ - like "k" in "keep"
- /g/ - like "g" in "go"
- /x/ - like "ch" in German "ach"
- /'/ - glottal stop
