Appendix:Common pronunciation

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The phonology of Common is virtually identical to that of English, with the language being essentially a word-replacement cipher of English. The romanization is, similarily, extremely similar to English orthography; words in the romanization are read as if they were English words.

Standard Romanization

Letter	IPA	English example	Notes
a	æ, ei, ə	cat, made, sofa
ar(e)	ɑɹ	hard
aw	ɑ	paw
b	b	bad
c	k	coat
ch	tʃ	chip
d	d	dog
e	ɛ, i	bet, seed
ee	i	seed
eer	iəɹ	beer
ei/ey	ei	hey
er	əɹ	per
f	f	food
g	ɡ	good
h	h	ham
i	ɪ, ai	sit, site
ir(e)	aiəɹ	fire
j	dʒ	joke
k	k	key
l	l, ɫ	left, meddle
m	m	man
n	n	no
o	ɔ, ou, u	lot, tote, boot
oa	ou	moat
oe	ou	woe
oi/oy	oi	boy
oo	u	mood
or(e)	oɹ	lord
ow	au, ou	cow, bowl
p	p	pond
r	ɹ	row
s	s	see
sh	ʃ	sheep
t	t	top
tch	tʃ	hatch
th	ð/θ	this, thin
u	ʌ, u	rut, rude
ur	əɹ	fur
v	v	voice
w	w	wet
x	ks	tax
y	j, i	yawn, happy
z	z	zoo

Phonetics

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Coronal	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m		n
Plosive	voiceless	p		t	tʃ	k
	voiced	b		d	dʒ	ɡ
Fricative	voiceless	f	θ	s	ʃ		h
	voiced	v	ð	z
Approximant		w		ɹ	j
Lateral				l [l ~ ɫ]

Vowels

Pure vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i, ɪ		u
Mid	ɛ	ə, ʌ	ɔ
Open	æ		ɑ

Rhotic vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close
Mid		əɹ	oɹ
Open			ɑɹ

Diphthongs

• ai
• oi
• ei
• ou
• au

Rhotic diphthongs

• aiəɹ
• iəɹ