Appendix:Sondiv pronunciation

The Sondiv language has 18 consonants, 9 vowels, and 2 glides.

Standard Romanization

Letter	IPA	English example	Notes
a	a	father	It has both a front and back pronunciation.
an	ɐ̃	-	A nasal version of a regular a, but centralized.
b	b	bog
d	d	dog
e	e	bait
en	ɛ̃	prince (French)	A nasal vowel.
f	f	food
g	g	good
h	h	ham
i	i	beet
j	ʒ	azure	It's spelled with a j because this show takes place in New Orleans, and the language is reminiscent of French.
k	k	skill
l	l	left
m	m	man
n	n	no
o	o	coat
on	ɔ̃	on(French)	A nasal vowel.
p	p	span
r	ɾ	battle
s	s	see
t	t	stop
u	u	rude
v	v	voice
w	w	wet
y	j	yawn
z	z	zoo

Sondiv has nasal vowels and a lot of sounds that end up getting pronounced [d].

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m [m]	n [n]	(n [ɲ])	(n [ŋ])
Plosive	voiceless	p [p]	t [t]		k [k]
Plosive	voiced	b [b]	d [d]		g [g]
Fricative	voiceless	f [f]	s [s]			h [h]
Fricative	voiced	v [v]	z [z]	zh [ʒ]
Lateral			l [l]
Approximant		w [w]	r [ɾ]	y [j]

Veda has 9 phonetically distinct vowels: