STANDARD consonant sounds
B
hard b sound as in “bath”
C
n/a (goes to “k”)
Ch
n/a (goes to “k”)
D
hard d sound as in “do”
F
as in “left”
G
hard g sound as in “girl”
H
soft h as in “hall”
J
rare (often goes to “zh”)
K
hard k as in “cork”
L
as in “hall”
M
as in “man”
N
as in “noon”
P
as in “pay”
Q
n/a (goes to “k”)
R
hard, not rolled
S
soft, as in “pass” (not “hers”)
Sh
n/a (goes to “s”, “z”, or “zh”)
T
as in the Spanish “t”
Th
used only in original Korbeth words
V
rare, but pronounced as in “vandal”
W
as in “was”
X
n/a
Y
as in “yes”
Z
as in “was”
Zh
unique to Meroned; as in “pleasure”
STANDARD vowels
A
aa as in the American “dance” except at the end of a word, in which case ah
Ah
rare; ah as in the English “dance”
E
a pure eh sound as in “met”
I
a short i as in “kit”
O
a long o as in “go”
U
oo as in “too”
Y
ee as in the Spanish, as in “bee”
The intonation in standard Meroned tends to fall on the second-to-last syllable of each word, with sentence emphasis placed according to the phrase spoken (a question with a rise at the end, a statement falling).
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