Occidental Language - Alphabet and Pronunciation

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Occidental's alphabet is given below:

A (a), B (be), C (ce), D (de), E (e), F (ef), G (ge), H (ha), I (i), J (jot), K (ka), L (el), M (em), N (en), O (o), P (pe), Q (qu), R (er), S (es), T (te), U (u), V (ve), W (duplic ve), X (ix), Y (ypsilon), Z (zet)

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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