Appendix:Nelvayu pronunciation: Difference between revisions

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{{LangBar|Nelvayu|Nelvayu dialogue}}
{{LangBar|Nelvayu|Nelvayu dialogue}}
The Nelvayu language has X consonants, Y vowels, and Z glides.


==Standard Romanization==
==Standard Romanization==
Note that the following list is based on the romanization found in the film dialogue and may not be exhaustive. It also uses presumed pronunciations based on [[David Peterson]]'s conventional romanization scheme, and as such the pronunciation may not be completely accurate.
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="5"
|-
! Letter
! IPA
! English example
! Notes
|-
| '''a'''
| a
| f'''a'''ther
|
|-
| '''b'''
| b
| '''b'''ad
|
|-
| '''d'''
| d
| '''d'''og
|
|-
| '''dz'''
| dz
| a'''dz'''e
|
|-
| '''e'''
| e
| b'''ai'''t
|
|-
| '''g'''
| ɡ
| '''g'''ood
|
|-
| '''h'''
| h
| '''h'''am
|
|-
| '''i'''
| i
| mach'''i'''ne
|
|-
| '''k'''
| k
| s'''k'''ill
|
|-
| '''l'''
| l
| '''l'''eft
|
|-
| '''m'''
| m
| '''m'''an
|
|-
| '''n'''
| n
| '''n'''o
|
|-
| '''o'''
| o
| m'''oa'''t
|
|-
| '''p'''
| p
| s'''p'''an
|
|-
| '''r'''
| r
| —
| Pronounced like the '''rr''' in Spanish ''pe'''rr'''o''.
|-
| '''s'''
| s
| '''s'''ee
|
|-
| '''sh'''
| ʃ
| '''sh'''eep
|
|-
| '''t'''
| t
| s'''t'''op
|
|-
| '''u'''
| u
| r'''u'''de
|
|-
| '''v'''
| v
| '''v'''oice
|
|-
| '''y'''
| j
| '''y'''awn
|
|-
| '''z'''
| z
| '''z'''oo
|
|}


==Phonetics==
==Phonetics==

Revision as of 10:48, 24 November 2023

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Standard Romanization

Phonetics

Consonants

Vowels

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