Appendix:Lishepus pronunciation

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The Lishepus language has 21 consonants, 5 short vowels, 3 long 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

		Labial	Coronal	Palatal	Velar	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal		m	n
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	ch [tʃ]	k		(' [ʔ])
	voiced	b	d	j [dʒ]	g
Fricative	voiceless		th [θ], s	sh [ʃ]	kh [x]	(h [ħ])	h
	voiced		dh [ð], z		gh [ɣ]	' [ʕ]
Sonorants		w	l, r	y [j]

Vowels

The high and low vowels may be short or long, while the mid ones are always short.

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i, ii [iː]		u, uu [uː]
Mid	e		o
Open		a, aa [aː]