The
Fonetik Mode
Version 1.9.5
Thanks to Justin B Rye for much collaborative aid.
This is a guide on how to write
in the Fonetik transcription mode for the English language. This mode is one of my own design
(with much help from JBR), and I don't really expect anyone to use it (unfortunately),
but I have decided to write it up anyway. One interesting aspect of Fonetik
is that when you are writing it, your accent is written in to the text itself,
so Fonetik written in different areas will stand out, and sources can be seen
more clearly, and greater impressions made. (such as the word tomato, or with: English with is (with)
in American, but commonly (widh) in British)
Some basic rules:
- No double-letters (such as in
letters, platter, or carrot, which become letirz,
platir, and kérot) unless actually pronounced that
way (such as in unnamed, which is unnémd in Fonetik)).
- No silent letters of any kind
- No question about word pronunciation
Updates
- 1.9: Circumflexes replaced with acutes. o, oh, and ó are rethought and have become ó, o, and û. ai replaced by ý. All symbols are now circumflexes except û, the vowel in cup (kûp) (u is taken by the vowel in soot (sut), and ú by the vowel in room (rúm)).
- 1.8: Introduction of â for ah, ê
for ei.
- 1.7: o and oh reversed.
- 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).
The
Character Changes
- a - as in hat (hat),
cat (kat), or Latin (Latin)
- á - as in raw (rá), saw (sá), ball
(bál), fall (fál). Codes are Alt-0225 ( á ) and Alt-0193 ( Á ).
- au - as in pound (paund),
round (raund), crown (kraun)
- b - no change
- c - makes the ch sound
in Fonetik (so church becomes curc). S-sound Cs are now
s. K-sound Cs are now k.
- d - no change
- dh - th-sound as in that
(dhat), there (dhér), this (dhis), wither (widhur),
and weather (wedhur). Note also th.
- e - as in bed (bed), red (red),
and said (sed)
- é
- as in bay (bé), pay (pé), or baseball
(bésbál). Codes are Alt-0234 ( é ) and Alt-0202 ( É ).
- f - no change
- g - as in gray (gré), Gary (Gérí),
garden (garden). Never a j-sound.
- h - no change
- i - as in bill (bil), sick (sik),
mill (mil). Note also ý.
- í - as in peel
(píl), seal (síl), meal (míl). Codes are
Alt-0237 ( í ) and Alt-0205 ( Í ). Note also ý.
- j - no change
- k - no change
- l - no change
- m - no change
- n - no change
- ng - as in ungainly (ûngénlí), unglued (ûnglúd)
- nh - as in ring (rinh), song (sonh)
- nhg - as in finger (finhgur)
- o - o-sound as in pop (pop), sock (sok), rock (rok).
- ó - o-sound as in toe (tó),
flow (fló), broken (bróken). Codes are Alt-0244
( ó ) and Alt-0212 ( Ó ).
- oi - as in oink (oinhk), point (point),
joy (joi).
- p - no change
- ph - replaced by f
- q - completely eliminated
- r - no change
- ?~? - as in 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 (thisl),
cloth (kloth), or bath (bath). Note also dh.
- u - u-sound as in put
(put), soot (sut), look (luk), hook (huk). Note
also ú, û, and yú.
- ú
- as in suit (sút), boot (bút), Luke
(Lúk), rude (rúd). Codes are Alt-0250 ( ú ) and
Alt-0218 ( Ú ). Note
also u, û, and yú.
- û
- u-sound as in cup (kûp), mud (mûd), jump (jûmp), shut (shût).
Never as the sounds in put (put), mute (myút), or rude (rúd). Codes are Alt-0251
( û ) and Alt-0219 ( Û ). Note also u, ú, and yú.
- v - no change
- w - no change
- x - Xs completely eliminated,
and replaced by z, ks, gz, or whatever other odd purpose it
is used in. X is now the German ch as in buch (bux) or
Scottish loch (lox). Never the ch as in English church
(curc). I guess Professor Xavier (Prófesor Egzévyur) is going to have to stop going by Professor X, and rename the X-Men...
- y - consonant y-sound as in you (yú),
yellow (yeló), yard (yard), New York (Nú Yórk).
- ý - as in pie (pý),
flight (flýt), climb (klým), sigh (sý), cry (krý), or eye (ý). Codes are Alt-0253 ( ý ) and Alt-0221 ( Ý ).
- yú - as in pew (pyú), mute (myút), cute (kyút), or you (yú). Not
as in crew (krú) or flew (flú). Note also u, ú, and û.
- z - no change
- zh
- a sound similar to sh. Found in words such as version
(vurzhûn), evasion (ívézhûn).
- Notes:
- 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.") |
ríd |
read ("I read that book before.") |
red |
bear |
bér |
beauty |
byútí |
bureau |
byúró |
changeable |
cénjábl |
create |
kríét |
deal |
díl |
- oo/u - eliminated in favor of
u or ú. Indicates a longer o-sound (the difference
between soot (sut in Fonetik) and suit (sút
in Fonetik)).
- ou - when sounded like pound,
pout, or round changed to au. When sounded like
soup changed to ú.
- 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 |
gýd |
alleluiá |
álélúyá |
mosquito |
moskító |
Jesuit |
Jezúit |
build |
bild |
squirt |
skwurt |
bruise |
brúz |
quit |
kwit |
- unc/unk - when pronounced like
uncommon replaced by ûnk (ûnkomûn).
When pronounced like uncle replaced by ûnhk (ûnhkl).
- y (vowel) - eliminated in favor
of appropriate vowels or vowel combinations (toy becomes toi,
fly becomes flý, rhythm becomes ridhm)
The
Alphabet
A Á B C D E É F G H I Í J K L M N O Ó
P Q R S T U Ú Û V W X Y Ý Z - Seven additions (Á á, É é, Í í, Ó
ó, Ú ú, Û û, Ý ý).
Digraphs
Other
Notable Character Combinations
Uncommon
Characters
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Á |
Alt-0193 |
á |
Alt-0225 |
É |
Alt-0201 |
é |
Alt-0233 |
Í |
Alt-0205 |
í |
Alt-0237 |
Ó |
Alt-0211 |
ó |
Alt-0243 |
Ú |
Alt-0218 |
ú |
Alt-0250 |
Û |
Alt-0219 |
û |
Alt-0251 |
Ý |
Alt-0221 |
ý |
Alt-0253 |
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Vowel + R Combinations
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AR |
car, tarnish |
kar, tarnish |
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IR |
British squirrel |
skwirel |
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Easily
Mistranslated
- (Fonetik) wórd (English) ward
- (Fonetik) wírd (English) weird
- (Fonetik) wurd (English) word
- (Fonetik) murdur (English murder
- Check Cs (should be k and s when not ch) and Ss such as was,
is, or as (should be wûz, iz and
az, or however it is in your accent).
Examples
Here are some basic phrases translated
in to the Fonetik mode.
Standard English |
Fonetik English |
The quick brown fox jumps over
the slow, lazy dog. |
Dhe kwik braun foks jûmps
óvur dhe sló lézí dog. |
The white gate is opening. |
Dhe wýt gét iz ópeninh. |
A great ship has just pulled in to the southern harbor. |
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grét ship haz jûst puld in tú dhe sûthurn harbur. |
Why are those women watching those birds for so long? |
Wý ar dhóz wimen wácinh
thóz burdz fór só lonh? |
I like to read while sitting by this tree. |
Ý lýk tú ríd
wýl sitinh bý dhis trí. |
Close the door, it's getting cold in here!
Close the door, it is getting cold in here! |
Klóz dhe dór, it's getinh kóld
in hír!
Klóz dhe dór, it iz getinh kóld in hír! |
The great, and well-known, author J.R.R. Tolkien has been a huge influence
on me. |
Dhe grét, and wel-nón,
áthur J.R.R. Tolkien haz ben é hyúj inflúens on
mí. |
There are many schools of philosophy, such as pragmatists. |
Dhér ar mení skúls
ûv filásófí, sûc az dhe prégmátists. |
The unnamed horse has won the race. |
Dhe ûnnémd hors
haz wûn dhe rés. |
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. |
Wûn Rinh tú rúl
dhem ál, Wûn Rinh tú fýnd dhem,
Wûn Rinh tú brinh dhem ál and in dhe darknes býnd dhem. |
The pronunciations of the names of the letters of the English alphabet written
in Fonetik.
a |
é |
b |
bí |
c |
sí |
d |
dí |
e |
í |
f |
ef |
g |
jí |
h |
éc |
i |
ý |
j |
jé |
k |
ké |
l |
el |
m |
em |
n |
en |
o |
ó |
p |
pí |
q |
kyú |
r |
ar |
s |
es |
t |
tí |
u |
yú |
v |
ví |
w |
dûbl-yú |
x |
eks |
y |
wý |
z |
zí |
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The pronunciations of the names of the letters of the Fonetik alphabet written in Fonetik.
a |
at |
á |
á |
b |
bí |
c |
ce |
d |
dí |
e |
et |
é |
é |
f |
ef |
g |
gí |
h |
hí |
i |
it |
í |
í |
j |
jé |
k |
ké |
l |
el |
m |
em |
n |
en |
o |
ot |
ó |
ó |
p |
pí |
r |
ar |
s |
es |
t |
tí |
u |
ut |
ú |
yú |
û |
ûn |
v |
ví |
w |
we |
x |
xá |
y |
ye |
ý |
ý |
z |
zí |
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