Valware - Ogham

Pronunciation table

Latin	a	e	f	h	i	k	l	m	n	ń	օ	r	s	t	u	v	w	y
Ogham	ᚐ	ᚓ	ᚃ	ᚌ	ᚔ	ᚉ	ᚂ	ᚋ	ᚅ	ᚍ	ᚑ	ᚏ	ᚄ	ᚈ	ᚒ	ᚁ	ᚊ	ᚆ
IPA	/a/	/e/	/φ/	/h/	/i/	/k/	/l/	/m/	/n/	/ŋ/	/o/	/ɾ/	/s/	/t/	/u/	/β/	/w/	/j/

Consonants

		labial	dental	alveolar	palatal	glottal
Nasals	voiceless
	voiced	m /m/ ~ /ɱ/ 1 ᚋ	n /n/ ᚅ		ń /ŋ/ ᚍ
Stops	voiceless		t /t/ ᚈ		k /k/ ᚉ
	voiced
Fricatives	voiceless	f /φ/ ᚃ		s /s/ ᚄ
	voiced	v /β/ ᚁ 2
Sonorants	voiceless					h /h/ ᚌ 3
	voiced	w /w/ ᚊ 4	l /l/ ᚂ	r /ɾ/ ᚏ	y /j/ ᚆ

Notes

• ¹ <m> becomes the labiodental /ɱ/ before the bilabials <f> and <v>.
• ² The bilabial Beith [b] < ᚁ> is assigned the bilabial fricative /β/.
• ³ The voiced velar stop Gort [g] <ᚌ> is assigned the voiceless glottal fricative /h/.
• ⁴ The labialized voiceless palatal stop Ceirt /kʷ/ <ᚊ> is assigned the bilabial approximant /w/.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i /i/ ᚔ		u /u/ ᚊ
Close Mid	e /e/ ᚓ		o /o/ ᚑ
Open		a /ä/ ᚐ

Example

• All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
• Օwe nuńwu wolo rile o otu usa ve sańo yuń o sati yi.
• ᚛ᚑᚊᚓ ᚅᚒᚍᚊᚒ ᚊᚑᚂᚑ ᚏᚔᚂᚓ ᚑ ᚑᚈᚒ ᚒᚄᚐ ᚁᚓ ᚄᚐᚍᚑ ᚆᚒᚍ ᚑ ᚄᚐᚈᚔ ᚆᚔ.

• They are endowed with reason and conscience
• Etu yuń o fuwi yuń ye sa yi
• ᚓᚈᚒ ᚆᚒᚍ ᚑ ᚃᚒᚊᚉ ᚆᚒᚍ ᚆᚓ ᚄᚐ ᚆᚔ

• and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
• o wa sońa weńwa wiva ve wasi ńom wila ve ńohita wafa.
• ᚑ ᚊᚐ ᚄᚑᚍᚐ ᚊᚓᚍᚊᚐ ᚊᚔᚁᚐ ᚁᚓ ᚊᚐᚄᚔ ᚅᚑᚋ ᚊᚔᚂᚐ ᚁᚓ ᚍᚑᚌᚔᚈᚐ ᚊᚐᚃᚐ᚜

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1

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