STANDARD consonant sounds
B
hard b sound as in “bath”
C
ch sound as in "chore"
Ch
n/a (goes to “c”)
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
exists only in words borrowed from Meroned - “zh”
K
hard k as in “cork”
L
as in “loud”
M
as in “man”
N
as in “noon”
P
as in “pay”
Q
n/a"
R
rolled (as in Spanish)
S
soft, as in “pass” (not “hers”)
Sh
as in "rush"
T
as in the Spanish “t”
Th
soft as in "bath" (not "bathe")
V
as in “vandal”
W
as in “was”
X
n/a
Y
as in “yes”
Z
n/a (goes to S)
STANDARD vowels
A
aa as in the American “dance”
Á
rare; ah as in the English “dance”
E
a pure eh sound as in “met”
I
a short i as in “kit”
Í
a long i as in "bee"
O
a long o as in “go”
U
oo as in “too”
Ai
as in "dry"
Ae
as in "play"
Au
As in "how"
A note: diacritical marks are used to indicate pronunciation, NOT stress. In addition, the vowel combinations listed above have their own letter of the alphabet in Meroned and are typically dipthonged versions of other vowels. All other vowel combinations are pronounced individually (a+o being an example, although it's not a common combination).
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