Appendix:Lishepus pronunciation
The Lishepus language has 20 consonants, 8 vowels, and 2 glides.
Standard Romanization
| Letter | IPA | English example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | a | father | |
| b | b | bother | |
| ch | tʃ | cheek | |
| d | d | dog | |
| dh | ð | then | |
| e | e | bait | |
| f | f | food | |
| g | g | good | |
| gh | ɣ | Spanish fuego | |
| h | h/ħ | ham, — | Like the English h syllable-initially. Syllable-finally, you can make the latter sound by attempting to fog up a mirror. |
| i | i | machine | |
| j | dʒ | jog | |
| k | k | skill | |
| kh | x | loch | |
| l | l | left | |
| m | m | man | |
| n | n | no | Assimilates to a following velar consonant. |
| o | o | moat | |
| p | p | span | |
| r | r | Spanish perro | |
| s | s | see | |
| sh | ʃ | sheep | |
| t | t | stop | |
| th | θ | think | |
| u | u | rude | |
| w | w | wall | |
| y | j | yawn | |
| z | z | zoo | |
| ' | ʕ/ʔ | uh-oh, — | Between vowels, like the catch in one's throat in the middle of the word "uh-oh". Almost like gagging elsewhere. |
Notes:
- Long vowels or consonants are written by doubling the letter.
- Acute accents are used to mark stress.
Phonetics
Consonants
Vowels
The language contrasts long and short vowels for the high and low vowels /i, u, a/, but not for the mid vowels /e, o/.