Appendix:Ravkan pronunciation

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Ravkan has 38 consonants, 8 vowels and 2 glides.

Standard Romanization

Letter	IPA	English example	Notes
a	a	father
ai	ai	lie
b	b	bath
by	bj ~ bʲ	beauty
ch	tʃ	watch
d	d	dog
dy	dj ~ dʲ	dew (British English)	Always pronounced with a y sound following, unlike American pronunciations with yod-dropping.
dz	dz	adze
dzy	dzj ~ dzʲ	adds you
e	ɛ	bet
ei	ɛi	bait
f	f	food
fy	fj ~ fʲ	few
g	ɡ	good
gh	ɣ	—	Roughly like French r in rouge or like Spanish g in lago.
ghy	ɣj ~ ɣʲ	—	Roughly like French ri in Marielle.
gy	ɡj ~ ɡʲ	gules
i	i ~ ɨ	machine, chicken
j	dʒ	jog
k	k	skill
ky	kj ~ kʲ	skew
l	l	left
ly	ʎ	million
m	m	man
my	mj ~ mʲ	mule
n	n	no	Assimilates to a following velar consonant.
ny	ɲ	onion
o	ɔ	lot
oi	ɔi	point
p	p	span
py	pj ~ pʲ	spew
r	ɾ	battle
ry	ɾj ~ ɾʲ	medium
s	s	see
sh	ʃ	sheep
sy	sj ~ sʲ	sue (British English)	Always pronounced with a y sound following, unlike American pronunciations with yod-dropping.
t	t	stop
ts	ts	pits
tsy	tsj ~ tsʲ	pits you
ty	tj ~ tʲ	stew (British English)	Always pronounced with a y sound following, unlike American pronunciations with yod-dropping.
u	u	rude
v	v	voice
vy	vj ~ vʲ	view
w	w	wet
y	j	young
z	z	zone
zh	ʒ	casual
zy	zj ~ zʲ	buzz you