Alphabet and Pronunciation
Occidental's alphabet is given below:
Pronunciation:
- a: like stack. IPA: /a/
- c: before e, i, y it is ts, otherwise k. IPA: /t͡s/ and /k/ respectively
- cc: before e, i, y it is kt͡s, otherwise geminated k. IPA: /kt͡s/ and /k/ respectively
- ch: like English sh; ch in church is also permitted but not preferred. IPA: /ʃ/ and /t͡ʃ/ respectively
- g: like English j before e, i, y, otherwise it's hard. IPA: /d͡ʒ/ and /ɡ/ respectively
- gg: before e, i, y it is /ɡd͡ʒ/, like g-j in fig juice or frog jump, otherwise a geminated g. IPA: /d͡ʒ/ and /ɡ/ respectively
- gu: before vowels gw, otherwise gu. IPA: /ɡw/ and /ɡu/ respectively
- j: just like English. IPA: /d͡ʒ/
- ni: before vowels like Spanish ñ, otherwise ni. IPA: /ɲ/ and /ni/ respectively
- ph: f
- qu: same as English. IPA: /kw/
- s: between vowels z, otherwise s. IPA: /z/ and /s/ respectively
- sh: English sh. IPA: /ʃ/
- sch: English sh. IPA: /ʃ/
- t: plus i and another vowel, it is like s (as in French), otherwise t. IPA: /sj/ and /t/ respectively
- th: same as English thin or thick, but not they or those. IPA: /θ/
- w: same as English. IPA: /w/
- y: same as English. IPA: /j/
- zz: tts. IPA: /ts/
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