Dreqasif

Pronunciation

Vowels:

a (long)- as in father

a (short)- as in dark

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

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

i (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

Vowels
	Front		Near-front		Central		Near-back		Back
High	i	y							ɯ	u
Near-high								ʊ
High-mid			e							o
Mid					ə
Low-mid			ɛ							ɔ
Near-low			æ
Low					a

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

zh- as in pleasure