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, and influenced the International Hesperic Alphabet.

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Stops	voiceless	p	t			.t	cj	c	.c
	voiced	b	d			.d	gj	g	.g
Fricatives	voiceless	ph	th	s	sh	.s	cjh	ch	.ch	h
	voiced	bh	dh	z	zh	.z	gjh	gh	.gh
Nasals	voiceless	mh	nh			.nh	njh	ngh	.ngh
	voiced	m	n			.n	nj	ng	.ng
Laterals	voiceless		lh			.lh	ljh
	voiced		l			.l	lj
Rhotics	voiceless		rh			.rh	rjh		rgh
	voiced		r			.r	rj		rg
Semivowels		v					j

• Aspiration is marked by an apostrophe following (for postaspiration) or preceding (for preaspiration) the consonant symbol, e.g. p'.
• 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.