Glastonbury University Transcription System

The Glastonbury University Transcription System (GUTS) is a romanization system for the Albic languages, developed (intrafictionally) by linguists of Glastonbury University (extrafictionally) by Jörg Rhiemeier. The purpose of this system is to provide transcription symbols from which an orthography for each language can be created. The GUTS is an extended version of the orthography of Avalonian.

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Stops	voiceless	p	t			tx	cj	c	cx
	voiced	b	d			dx	gj	g	gx
Fricatives	voiceless	ph	th	s	sh	sx	cjh	ch	cxh
	voiced	bh	dh	z	zh	zx	gjh	gh	gxh
Nasals	voiceless	mh	nh			nxh	njh	ngh	ngxh
	voiced	m	n			nx	nj	ng	ngx
Rhotics	voiceless		rh			rxh	rjh		rgh
	voiced		r			rx	rj		rg
Semivowels		w					j

• Aspiration is marked by an apostroph following (for postaspiration) or preceding (for preaspiration) the consonant symbol.
• Affricates are written by their components, e.g. ts.

Vowels

	Front		Non-front
	Unround	Round	Unround	Round
Close	i	y	ia	u
Mid	e	ø	ea	o
Open	ae	aø	a	ao

Long vowels are marked with an acute á; in languages and dialects that distinguish thrusting and slipping tone, an acute marks thrusting tone and a circumflex â marks slipping tone.