Appendix:Væyne Zaanics pronunciation

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The Væyne Zaanics language has 19 consonants, 13 vowels, and 2 glides.

Standard Romanization

Letter	IPA	English example	Notes
a	ɑ, ə	father, sofa	Becomes [ə] when unstressed in non-initial and non-pretonic positions, except in syllables ending with w, l, r, y or h.
æ	æ, ə	mat, sofa	Becomes [ə] when unstressed in non-initial and non-pretonic positions, except in syllables ending with w, l, r, y or h.
b	b	bother
c	k	skill
cgh	x	loch
ch	tʃ, ʃ	cheek, chic	Pronounced as an affricate at the beginning of a word and when following a consonant, pronounced as a fricative elsewhere.
d	d	dog
dj	dʒ	jog
e	e, ə	bait, sofa	Becomes [ə] when unstressed in non-initial and non-pretonic positions, except in syllables ending with w, l, r, y or h.
f	f	food
g	g	good
gh	x, ɣ	loch, fuego (Spanish)	Voiced between vowels and before voiced consonants, voiceless elsewhere.
h	h, silent	ham	Silent in syllable-final position.
i	i	machine
j	dʒ, ʒ	jog, azure	Pronounced as an affricate at the beginning of a word and when following a consonant, pronounced as a fricative elsewhere.
l	l	left
m	m	man	Does not assimilate.
n	n	no	Assimilates to a following consonant.
o	o, ə	moat, sofa	Becomes [ə] when unstressed in non-initial and non-pretonic positions, except in syllables ending with w, l, r, y or h.
p	p	span
r	r	perro (Spanish)
s	s	see
sch	ʃ	chic
t	t	stop
tch	tʃ	cheek
tþ	θ	think
þ	θ, ð	think, then	Voiced between vowels and before voiced consonants, voiceless elsewhere.
u	u	rude
v	v	voice
w	w	wall
y	j	yawn
z	z	zoo
zj	ʒ	azure

Notes:

• Long vowels are written by doubling the vowel letter.

Phonetics

Vowels

The vowels are divided into “light” (front) and “dark” (back) vowels:

• Light: æ, æː, e, eː, i, iː
• Dark: ɑ, ɑː, o, oː, u, uː

These categories play a role in the Yesuþoh script, for example. Schwa /ə/ is also a phonemic vowel, belonging to neither group.