Appendix:Noalath pronunciation

The Noalath language has 23 consonants, 11 vowels with two lengths and 1 glide.

Standard Romanization

Letter	IPA	English example	Notes
a	ɑ/ǝ	father or sofa	[ɑ] occurs in stressed syllables; [ǝ] elsewhere.
b	b	bog
ch	tʃ	chop
d	d	dog
dh	ð	then
e	ɛ	bet
f	f	food
g	g	good
h	h	ham
i	i/ɪ	beet or bit	[i] occurs in stressed syllables; [ɪ] elsewhere.
j	dʒ	jet
k	k	skill
l	l	left
m	m	man
n	n	no
ng	ŋ	sing	Can occur word-initially.
ny	ɲ	New York (certain pronunciations)	Like Spanish ñ.
o	ɔ	caughtt	Lower than regular [o].
ö	œ	—	Like e pronounced with rounded lips.
p	p	span
r	ɾ	battle
s	s	see
sh	ʃ	sheep
t	t	stop
th	θ	think
u	u	rude or good	[u] occurs in stressed syllables; [ʊ] elsewhere.
ü	y	-	[y] (like [i] with rounded lips) occurs in stressed syllables; [ʏ] (like [ɪ] with rounded lips) elsewhere.
v	v	voice
y	j	yawn
zh	ʒ	casual

Phonetics

Noalath has a number of vowels with tense-lax pairings that should be familiar to English speakers. It also features consonant mutations resulting in word-initial [ŋ]. It's also got a couple front rounded vowels.

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m [m]		n [n]	ny [ɲ]	ng [ŋ]
Plosive	voiceless	p [p]	t [t]		ch [tʃ]	k [k]
	voiced	b [b]	d [d]		j [dʒ]	g [g]
Fricative	voiceless	f [f]	th [θ]	s [s]	sh [ʃ]		h [h]
	voiced	v [v]	dh [ð]		zh [ʒ]
Lateral				l [l]
Approximants				r [ɾ]	y [j]

Vowels

Noalath has 11 phonetically distinct vowels:

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i [i~ɪ], ü [y~ʏ]		u [u~ʊ]
Mid	e [ɛ], ö [œ]	a [ǝ]	o [ɔ]
Open			a [ɑ]

Diphthongs

Noalath has four diphthongs: ai, oa, öa and ea.