Introduction
Brooding is a language spoken in the land of Harken. You can't get there from here!
Sounds
Consonants
b |
/b/ |
as in 'bee'
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p |
/p/ |
as in 'pea'
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d |
/d/ |
as in 'deed'
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t |
/t/ |
as in 'tea'
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g |
/g/ |
as in 'get'
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k |
/k/ |
as in 'key'
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f |
/f/ |
as in 'fee'
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th |
/θ/ |
as in 'thin'
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s |
/s/ |
as in 'see'
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z |
/z/ |
as in 'zed'
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sh |
/ʃ/ |
as in 'she'
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kh |
/x/ |
as ch in German 'Bach'
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h |
/h/ |
as in 'he'
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ch |
/t͡ʃ/ |
as in 'cheek'
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m |
/m/ |
as in 'me'
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n |
/n/ |
as in 'need'
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ng |
/ŋ/ |
as in 'ring'
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l |
/l/ |
as in 'leaf'
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r |
/ɹ/ |
as in 'reed'
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w |
/w/ |
as in 'we'
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y |
/j/ |
as in 'yea'
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- All but kh are pretty much pronounced as in standard English
- th is always pronounced as the 'th' in thin (/θ/), never as the 'th' in thee or they (/ð/)
- l always pronounced like the 'l' in leaf (/l/), never like the 'll' in all or ball (/ɫ/)
- g is always pronounces like the 'g' in get (/ɡ/), never like the 'g' in 'gee' (d͡ʒ)
Consonant Blends and Clusters
Several of the sounds have a 'blended' version. A consonant blend is two consonants in a row pronounced one after the other. Most of these blends only appear at the beginning of syllables. While these blends are represented by a single letter in Brooding orthography, they are two consonant sounds (and this subject to Brooding word structure rules that apply to two consonants in a row).
br |
/bɹ/ |
as in 'bread'
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pl |
/pl/ |
as in 'plea'
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dr |
/dɹ/ |
as in 'drum'
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tl |
/tl/ |
not an English sound. t followed immediately by l
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gr |
/gɹ/ |
as in 'grow'
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kl |
/kl/ |
as cl in 'clean'
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fl |
/fl/ |
as in 'flee'
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thl |
/θl/ |
not an English sound. It sounds a lot like sl as said with a lisp.
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sl |
/sl/ |
as in 'sleep'
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zr |
/zɹ/ |
not an English sound. z followed immediately by r
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shl |
/ʃl/ |
as schl in 'schlep'
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khl |
/xl/ |
not an English sound. x followed immediately by l
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hl |
/hl/ |
not an English sound. h followed immediately by l
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sk |
/sk/ |
as in 'skill'
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sp |
/sp/ |
as in 'spill'
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st |
/st/ |
as in 'still'
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- As noted above a few of the blends do not occur in English. They take a little practice to say, but aren't hard. Avoid putting a sound between the sounds - English speakers might have a tendency to insert a vowel in there (like some people pronounce sphere as 'suh-fear')
Vowels
a |
/ɑ/ |
as a in 'father'
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aa |
/æ/ |
as a in 'bat'
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ae |
/e/ |
as ay in 'bay'
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ai |
/aɪ̯/ |
as ie in 'bit'
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au |
/aʊ̯/ |
as ow in 'cow'
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aw |
/ɔ/ |
as ou in 'bought'
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e |
/ɛ/ |
as e in 'bet'
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ee |
/i/ |
as ee in 'bee'
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i |
/ɪ/ |
as i in 'bit'
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o |
/o/ |
as oa in 'boat'
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oo |
/u/ |
as oo in 'boot'
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uh |
/ə/ |
as u in 'but'
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Contrasting Vowels
General StructureNouns
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Modifying Nouns
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