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Eurolatin alphabet has got 24 letters: | Eurolatin alphabet has got 24 letters: | ||
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | |||
!'''Letters''' | |||
!'''Pronunciation''' | |||
!'''Further informations''' | |||
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|a | |||
|[a] / [ɑ:] | |||
|it can be either ''short'' ('''ă''') or ''long'' ('''ā''') | |||
|- | |||
|b | |||
|[b] | |||
| - | |||
|- | |||
|c | |||
|[k] | |||
|it is always pronounced as in the English ''cat'' even in front of '''e''', '''i''' and '''y''' | |||
|- | |||
|d | |||
|[d] | |||
| - | |||
|- | |||
|e | |||
|[ɛ] / [e:] | |||
|it can be either ''short'' ('''ĕ''') or ''long'' ('''ē''') | |||
|- | |||
|f | |||
|[f] | |||
| - | |||
|- | |||
|g | |||
|[g] | |||
|it is always pronunced as in the English ''get'' even in front of '''e''', '''i''' and '''y''' | |||
|- | |||
|h | |||
|[ ] / [h] | |||
|in Old Latin probably it was pronounced as in the English ''hot'', but in Classical Latin it wasn't pronounced at all. In Eurolatin it can be either pronounced or not, it depends on the speaker | |||
|- | |||
|i | |||
|[ɪ] / [i:] / [j] | |||
|it can be either ''short'' ('''ĭ''') or ''long'' ('''ī'''). At the beginning of words, when it is followed by a vowel, or between vowels it is pronounced [j] | |||
|- | |||
|k | |||
|[k] | |||
|it is always pronunced as the letter '''c''', but it is mainly found in foreign words | |||
|- | |||
|l | |||
|[l] | |||
| - | |||
|- | |||
|m | |||
|[m] | |||
| - | |||
|- | |||
|n | |||
|[n] | |||
| - | |||
|- | |||
|o | |||
|[ɔ] / [o:] | |||
|it can be either ''short'' ('''ŏ''') or ''long'' ('''ō''') | |||
|- | |||
|p | |||
|[p] | |||
| - | |||
|- | |||
|q | |||
|[kw] | |||
|it is always followed by '''u''' | |||
|- | |||
|r | |||
|[r] | |||
|trilled just as in Italian | |||
|- | |||
|s | |||
|[s] | |||
|always voiceless | |||
|- | |||
|t | |||
|[t] | |||
| - | |||
|- | |||
|u | |||
|[ʊ] / [u:] / [w] | |||
|it can be either ''short'' ('''ŭ''') or ''long'' ('''ū'''). When it is followed by a vowel it is pronounced as [w] | |||
|- | |||
|v | |||
|[v] | |||
| - | |||
|- | |||
|x | |||
|[ks] | |||
|it is always voiceless, as in the English ''six'' | |||
|- | |||
|y | |||
|[ʏ] / [y:] | |||
|it can be either ''short'' ('''y̆''') or ''long'' ('''ȳ'''); it comes tipically in Greek loan words | |||
|- | |||
|z | |||
|[s] | |||
|it comes tipically in Greek loan words and in compounds that use Greek elements, but it is always pronounced as '''s''' | |||
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The letters '''j''' and '''w''' occur in foreign words and loan words. They can be pronounced as in the original language or can be pronounced respectively as [j] and [v] / [ʊ]. | |||
There are also three digraphs: '''ch''', '''ph''' and '''th'''. | |||
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[[Category:Conlangs]] | |||