Dhe Fonetik Mohd
Verzhôn 1.6

Bai Kristofer Dikî with môc kolaborahtiv eid frôm Jôstin B Rai.

Dhis iz ei guide on hau tû rait in dhe Fonetik mohd for dhe Enhglish leinhgwaj. Dhis mohd iz wôn ôv mai ohn dizain (with môc help frôm JBR), and Ai dohn't rilî ekspekt anîwôn tû yûz it (ônforcûnetly), bôt Ai hav dîsaided tû rait it ôp enîwei. Wôn interestinh aspekt ôv Fonetik iz dhat wen yû ar raitinh it, yor aksent iz riten in tû dhe tekst itself, soh Fonetik riten in diferent eirîahs wil stand aut, and sorses kan bî sîn mor klîrlî, and greiter impreshônz meid. (Enhglish with iz with in Ahmerikan, bôt widh in British)

Sôm beisik rûlz:

• No double-letters (such as in letters, platter, or carrot) unless actually pronounced that way (such as in unnamed, which is unneimd in Fonetik)).
• No silent letters of any kind
• No question about word pronounciation

Ôpdeits

• 1.6: Introduction of î, ô, and û. Alteration of some diphthongs.
• 1.5: Much restructuring of vowels, q and x, ng, jh and zh, and others, thanks to JBR's help.
• 1.3: oo has been brought back for the longer of the long o-sounds
• 1.2: the German ch is replaced by q
• 1.1 A new character combination added: jh. This is for sounds like the s in version (spelt verjhun in Fonetik).

Dhe Keirakter Ceinjez

• ah - as in raw (rah), saw (sah), ball (bahl), fall (fahl)
• a - as in hat, cat, or Latin
• ai - as in pie (pai), try (trai), cry (krai), or eye (ai)
• au - as in pound (paund), round (raund), crown (kraun)
• b - no change
• c - makes the ch sound in Fonetik (so church becomes cerc). S-sound Cs are now s. K-sound Cs are now k.
• d - no change
• dh - th-sound as in that (dhat), there (dh?r), this (dhis), wither (widher), and weather. Never the th-sound as in thistle, cloth, or bath, for which th is used.
• e - as in bed, red, and said
• ei - a-sound as in bay or pay
• f - no change
• g - as in gray, Gary, garden. Never a j-sound.
• h - no change
• i - as in bill, sick, mill. Never as in pie, climb, sigh (those would be ai).
• î - as in peel (pîl), seal (sîl), meal (mîl). Codes are Alt-0238 ( î ) and Alt-0206 ( Î ).
• j - no change
• k - no change
• l - no change
• m - no change
• n - no change
• ng - as in ungrow (which I don't think is a word) (ungroh)
• nh - as in ring (rinh)
• nhg - as in finger (finhger)
• o - o-sound as in pop, sock, rock
• oh - o-sound as in toe, flow, broken. Never as in pop, sock, or rock, for which o is used.
• oi - as in oink, point, joint.
• ô - u-sound as in cup, mud, jump, or shut. Never as the u-sound in put, mute, rude, for which u, yû, and û are used. Codes are Alt-0244 ( ô ) and Alt-0212 ( Ô ).
• p - no change
• ph - replaced by f
• q - eliminated
• r - no change
• rr - Spanish rolled rr
• s - standard s-sound. When pronounced as a z-sound, this is changed to z.
• sh - no change
• t - no change
• th - a th-sound as in thistle, cloth, or bath. Never as the th-sound in that, there, or this, for which dh is used.
• u - u-sound as in put (put), soot (sut), look (luk), hook (huk) (mute would be spelt myut). Never as the u-sound in cup, mud, jump, or shut, for which ô is used. Note also û.
• û - as in suit (sût), boot (bût), Luke (Lûk), rude (rûd). Codes are Alt-0251 ( û ) and Alt-0219 ( Û ). Never as the u-sound in cup, mud, jump, or shut, for which ô is used. Note also u.
• v - no change
• w - no change
• x - Xs completely eliminated, and replaced by z, ks, or whatever other odd purpose it is used in. X is now the German ch as in buch or Scottish loch. Never the ch as in English church (which would be spelt cerc).
• y - consonant y-sound as in you, yellow, yard, yore.
• yû - as in pew (pyû) or you (yû). Not as in crew (krû), flew (flû).
• z - no change
• zh - a sound similar to sh. Found in words such as version (verzhôn).

• Nohts:
• ch - Completely eliminated. English ch in church becomes c. German ch in buch becomes x.
• ea - when sounded like read ("I will read the book later.") or bead changed to î. When sounded like read ("I read that book before.") or bread, changed to e.
• oo/u - eliminated in favor of u or û. Indicates a longer o-sound (the difference between soot (sut in Fonetik) and suit (sût in Fonetik)).
• ou - when sounded like pound, pout, or round changed to au. When sounded like soup changed to û.
• ow - when sounded like pound, how, or now, changed to au. When sounded like row or tow, changed to oh.
• ui - when sounded like:

  guide	gaid
  alleluiah	ahleilûyah
  mosquito	mohskítoh
  Jesuit	Jezuit
  build	bild
  squirt	skwert
  bruise	brûz
  quit	kwit

• unc/unk - when pronounced like uncommon replaced by ônk (ônkomôn). When pronounced like uncle replaced by ônhk (ônhkl).
• y (vowel) - eliminated in favor of appropriate vowels or vowel combinations (toy becomes toi, fly becomes flai, rhythm becomes ridhm)

Dhe Alfahbet

A B C D E F G H I Î J K L M N O Ô P R S T U Û V W X Y Z - Three additions (Î î, Ô ô, Û û), one removal (Q q).

Difthonhs

Odher Nohtahbl Keirakter Kombineishônz

Ônkomôn Keirakterz

Odher Miseleinîôs

• If in question over er or ur, it's probably er.

Kwescônahbl

• Maybe ph should be allowed to stay as an f-sound...
• Is there any reason why Q should stay?
• vowels+r: I have determined that English church would be Fonetik cerc, but what about English there, and other vowel+r sounds?

Îzilî Mistranzleited

• (Fonetik) word (English) ward
• (Fonetik) wîrd (English) weird
• (Fonetik) werd (English) word
• Check Cs (should be Ks when not ch) and Ss such as was, is, or as (should be wôz, iz and az, or however it is in your accent).

Egzampls

Here are some basic phrases translated in to the Fonetik mode.

The pronunciations of the letters of the English alphabet written in Fonetik.

The pronunciations of the letters of the Fonetik alphabet written in Fonetik.

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