Ehan ew ak/wach er tehne!
AÄÅBCDEFGHIKLMNOÖPRSTUÜVWYŸ
rough pronunciation rules:
•A = whAt
•AA = fAther, clOck
•Å = kahlUA, cOOl
•Ä = hAt
•ÄA = pOUnce
•AÄ = WAck
•E = between bEt and pAY
•EE = pAY
•I = between wIn - sEEt
•II = sEEt
•Ö = bOk
•O = hOme
•OO = gO Off
•UU = nEWEst
•U = mOvie
•Ü = between blUE - pEEr
•Ÿ = between EE - L sound
•Y = between Yes - pIn
•c = st/s-th/s-ch/sj/j
•ck = stik/sthik/thik or /schik/sjik/jik
•beginning h = H
•medial h = H/ no sound
•final h = glottal stop ('/ʔ)
•ch = ch (chip)/ breathy H
•kh = harder ch (German “Bach”)
•ds = j/dish
•dsh = dj//dizh
•tsh = ch
•tch = chy—
•sch = s–sh/shy—/ch(y)—
•ng/mg = same ng sound
•nh = nasal + h sound
•ny = njy- (ny sound in Hungarian)
•g = normal G to y/h sound/silent [next to i & e]
•gn = ny-: onion, canyon
•gy = gjy- (gy sound in Hungarian)
•gh = faint French r
•th = thumb
•dd = this and that
•dh = this and that + h(a)/dark L
•r = j/zh/z/r
•kr = kzh/ kz-
*double consonants make neighbouring vowels lighter in sound, single consonants make neighbouring vowels deeper.
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