ArQivist's Note:
"At least it's not Rillat."
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> ht (unvoiced “d” sound. Like the “d” in “talked”)
ex. aht (he/him)
> fh (sound made like blowing through imaginary straw.)
ex. lafhæa (guardian)
> lh (Press tongue to top of mouth, blow air through cheeks. Should sound similar to Welsh LL.)
ex. alhaage (failure)
> þ (like the th in “thing”)
ex. Alaþi
> ç (like the sh in “show”)
ex. inçal (appearance)
> sj (Same as ç, but with tongue moved back in the mouth. Air should flow over the tip of the tongue and off the roof of the mouth.)
ex. sjyl (home)
> h (like the h in “home”)
ex. ereher (forest)
> t (a hard “t” sound as in “ticket”)
ex. ahato (secure)
> s (like the s in “set”)
ex. osaage (success)
> k (like the k in “kit”)
ex. kasj (they/them)
> f (like the f in “fun”)
ex. çunfasjël (agreement)
> ß (like the st in “stew”)
ex. ka’iße (to aim)
> sz (like the ts in “lets”)
ex. szaße (to rise)
> ð (like the th in “that”)
ex. kuruð (to see)
> d (like the d in “dog”)
ex. uradal (agency/will)
> m (like the m in “mother”)
ex. mihelhe (video)
> n (like the n in “now”)
ex. ilhinë (people/ethnicity/race)
> r (like the Spanish r as in “pero”)
ex. rukuan (sun)
> j (like the y in “yes”)
ex. jyldiþ (to be/exist)
> l (like the l in “left”)
ex. luen (judgement)
> g (like the g in “go”)
ex. gohiril (vehicle)
> ‘ (either a pause between phonemes or a glottal stop like in “uh-oh”)
ex. adu’ißeþ
a (a as in “tall”)
ex. hta (hi)
e (as in “effort”)
ex. rukue
i (as in “eat”)
ex. ruil (moon)
o (as in “open”)
oln (four)
u (as in “tuber”)
ex. tuhoht (gratitude)
Special:
ë (diphthong. 1. the ya in “yawn”; 2. the eya in the name Freya.)
ex. 1. Alaþilhinë 2. ahtalhëruil
æ (diphthong. the a in “able”)
ex. æþofha (blessings)
y (1. the u in under 2. the ou in “could” 3. the i in if)
ex. 1.yßue 2. sjyl 3. ynfhaþ
Special Modification Rules:
soft letters preceding hard letters modify in the following ways
ht – d ex. ehtre (leg)
fh – v (as in “van”) ex. ayfh’ym (gold)
lh – l ex. milhjo
þ – t ex. oþro (lee)
sj – ç ex. sjtænaþil
ç – zh (as in “Asia”) ex. çyr (house)
h – kh (the German “ch” sound like in “achtung”)
ex. ihras
iyn (like the name “Ian”. y functions like j in this trigraph)
ex. Eliyn
ay (like “ow”) ex. ayfh’ym
tl followed by voiced or hard consonsant (pronounced like the Nahuatl “tl”) ex. Atlaso
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