24 February 2009

Pronunciation Guide

I recently realized that I have been throwing characters like ä, ū, and ə at you without ever explaining what I mean by them. So that's what this is.
CharacterExamples
ăapple
āate
äall*
ĕegg
ēeven
əabout, taken, pencil, eloquent, supply, sibyl
ĭigloo
īitem
ōomen
ŏon*
öfoot
ŭundo
ūzoom, dune
chchore
dhthere
khJuárez, lechaim
ŋhung
shshirt
ththin

*/ä/ sounds almost the same as /ŏ/, but I'm going to keep them both.
†I'm considering representing the /kh/ sound as /x/ instead. Which is less confusing?

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