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== Pronunciation ==
== Pronunciation ==


'''Vowels:'''
'''Vowels:'''
   
   
a (long)- as in f'''a'''ther
aa (long)- as in f'''a'''ther


a (short)- as in d'''a'''rk
a (short)- as in d'''a'''rk


e (long)- as in the “ea” sound in dr'''ea'''m (but longer)
ee (long)- as in the “ea” sound in dr'''ea'''m (but longer)


e (short)- as in the second “e” in el'''e'''vator
e (short)- as in the second “e” in el'''e'''vator


i (long)- as in m'''i'''ce
ii (long)- as in m'''i'''ce


i (short)- as in h'''i'''t
i (short)- as in h'''i'''t
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ie- as in ei
ie- as in ei


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{| style="text-align: left; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0;"
!colspan=11 style="text-align:center; background: #efefef;"| Vowels
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| ||colspan=2| Front ||colspan=2| Near-front ||colspan=2| Central ||colspan=2| Near-back ||colspan=2| Back
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High || {{IPA|i}} || {{IPA|y}} || || || || || || || {{IPA|ɯ}} || {{IPA|u}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-high || || || || || || || || {{IPA|ʊ}} || ||
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High-mid || || || {{IPA|e}} || || || || || || || {{IPA|o}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Mid || || || || || {{IPA|ə}}
|-
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low-mid || || || {{IPA|ɛ}} || || || || || || || {{IPA|ɔ}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-low || || || {{IPA|æ}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low || || || || || {{IPA|a}}
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'''Consonants:'''
'''Consonants:'''
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z- as in '''z'''oo
z- as in '''z'''oo


zh- as in plea'''s'''ure
 
'''Notes:'''
 
*The pronunciation is always regular.
 
*There are no silent letters.
 
[[Category: Conlangs]]

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Pronunciation

Vowels:

aa (long)- as in father

a (short)- as in dark

ee (long)- as in the “ea” sound in dream (but longer)

e (short)- as in the second “e” in elevator

ii (long)- as in mice

i (short)- as in hit

o -as in home

u –as in luck


Diacritic Vowels:

ä -as in the word "air"

á -a high vowel as in the "a" in cradle

à -a low vowel as in the "a" in fade


Dipthongs:

ai- as in the “ay” sound in pay

au- as in restaurant

ei- as in the “y” sound in shy

ie- as in ei


Consonants:

b- as in be

d- as in den

f- as in four

g- as in sabotage

h- as in hat

j- as in jam

l- as in lemon

m- as in man

n- as in man

p- as in pen

r- as in race

s- as in sun

sh- as in shame

t- as in toast

th- as in think

v- as in van

w- as in water

y- as in why

z- as in zoo


Notes:

  • The pronunciation is always regular.
  • There are no silent letters.