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Alel uses 23 letters of the Latin alphabet, leaving q, w and x unused. Each of them is pronounced as their respective IPA equivalents with four exceptions. The exceptions are c, which is pronounced as a voiceless postalveolar fricative, j, which is pronounced as a voiced postalveolar fricative, u, which is pronounced as a voiced labiovelar approximant when followed by another vowel and , y, which is pronounced as a palatal approximant. Occasionally, an apostrophe is used to indicate a glottal stop.

There is no indefinite article [English a, an]; there is only a definite article al, alike for all genders, cases and numbers [English the].

ketab = book, a book

al ketab = the book

To form the plural, add the ending -t, or -at to words ending in a consonant. If a word ends in an alveolar plosive, then the endings -m, or -em respectively

Al hunda jodabi al ulademin kucayon.

DEF.ART dog.NOM chase.PAST.3SG DEF.ART boy.PL.ACC house.GEN

The dog chased the boys' of the house.

Nominative: Ø | Ø

for the purposes of freeing up word order, the nominative endings an and yan may be used.

Accusative: in | yin

Genitive: on | yon

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+[[:Category:Alel|Alel]] uses 23 letters of the [[Wikipedia:Latin_alphabet|Latin alphabet]], leaving ''q'', ''w'' and ''x'' unused. Each of them is pronounced as their respective IPA equivalents with four exceptions. The exceptions are '''c''', which is pronounced as a [[Wikipedia:Voiceless_postalveolar_fricative|voiceless postalveolar fricative]], '''j''', which is pronounced as a [[Wikipedia:Voiced_postalveolar_fricative|voiced postalveolar fricative]], '''u''', which is pronounced as a [[Wikipedia:Voiced_labio-velar_approximant|voiced labiovelar approximant]] when followed by another vowel and , '''y''', which is pronounced as a [[Wikipedia:Palatal_approximant|palatal approximant]]. Occasionally, an apostrophe is used to indicate a [[Wikipedia:Glottal_stop|glottal stop]].
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