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 | ||||||||||
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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