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Cumbraek is written with the Latin alphabet and uses the following letters.
Cumbraek is written with the Latin alphabet and uses the following letters.


''a b c/k ch d dh e f g gw h hw i j l m n o p r s t th u v w y''
''a b c/k ch d dh e f g h i j l m n o p r s t th u v w y''


The table below shows the correspondences between letters and pronounciation.
The table below shows the correspondences between letters and pronounciation.
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! style="width: 450px; text-align:left;" |Comments
! style="width: 450px; text-align:left;" |Comments
|-
|-
| ''a''
! colspan="3;" | Consonants
| /a(ː)/
|
|-
| ''ae, ay''
| /æː/
| style="text-align:left;" | ''ae'' takes stress in final syllables
|-
| ''ai''
| /əɨ̯/
|
|-
| ''aw''
| /au̯/
|
|-
|-
| ''b ''
| ''b ''
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| ''dh''
| ''dh''
| /ð/
| /ð/
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''e''
| /eː/
| style="text-align:left;" | long
|-
| /ɛ/
| style="text-align:left;" | short
|-
| ''ee''
| /eː/
| style="text-align:left;" | takes stress in final syllables
|-
| ''ey''
| /ɛɨ̯/
|
|-
| ''ew''
| /ɛu̯/
|
|
|-
|-
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| /g/
| /g/
|  
|  
|-
| ''gw''
| /gʷ/
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''h''
| rowspan="2" | ''h''
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| Ø
| Ø
| style="text-align:left;" | between vowels
| style="text-align:left;" | between vowels
|-
| ''hw''
| /ʍ/
| style="text-align:left;" |
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''i''
| /iː/
| style="text-align:left;" | long
|-
| /ɪ/
| style="text-align:left;" | short
|-
| ''iw''
| /ɪu̯/
|
|-
|-
| ''j''
| ''j''
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| ''l''
| ''l''
| /l/
| /l/
|
|-
| ''ll''
| /ɫ/
|
|
|-
|-
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| ''n''
| ''n''
| /n/
| /n/
|
|-
| ''ng''
| /ŋ/
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''o''
| /oː/
| style="text-align:left;" | long
|-
| /ɔ ~ ɒ/
| style="text-align:left;" | short (/ɒ/ is more common in the south)
|-
| ''oa''
| /ɔː ~ ɒː/
| style="text-align:left;" | /ɒː/ is more common in the south
|-
| ''oe''
| /oː/
| style="text-align:left;" | takes stress in final syllables
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''oo''
| /uː/
| style="text-align:left;" | long
|-
| /u/
| style="text-align:left;" | short
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''ou''
| /ʉː/
| style="text-align:left;" |
|-
| /ʉ/
| style="text-align:left;" |
|-
| ''oy''
| /ɔɨ̯/
|
|-
| ''ow''
| /ɔu̯/
|
|
|-
|-
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| /d/
| /d/
| style="text-align:left;" | word finally, before a voiced initial
| style="text-align:left;" | word finally, before a voiced initial
|-
| rowspan="3" | ''u''
| /uː/
| style="text-align:left;" | long
|-
| /u/
| style="text-align:left;" | short, in monosyllables
|-
| /ʌ/
| style="text-align:left;" | in pretonic syllables and proclitics
|-
| ''uw''
| /uː/
|
|-
|-
| ''v''
| ''v''
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|  
|  
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''y''
| ''y''
| /j/
| /j/
| style="text-align:left;" | before vowels
| style="text-align:left;" | before vowels
|-
! colspan="3" | Consonant Combinations
|-
| ''hw''
| /ʍ/
| style="text-align:left;" |
|-
| ''ll''
| /ɫ(ː)/
| style="text-align:left;" | geminated between vowels when following the stress
|-
| ''lht''
| [l̩t]
| style="text-align:left;" | ''l'' is devoiced before ''ht''
|-
| ''ng''
| /ŋ/
| style="text-align:left;" | geminated between vowels when following the stress
|-
| ''nng, ngg''
| /ŋg/
|
|-
| ''rr''
| /r/
| style="text-align:left;" | geminated between vowels when following the stress
|-
| ''rht''
| [r̩t]
| style="text-align:left;" | ''r'' is devoiced before ''ht''
|-
| ''sh''
| /ʃ/
|
|-
| ''tsh''
| /t͡ʃ/
| style="text-align:left;" | mostly borrowed words
|-
! colspan="3;" | Variant Vowels
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''a''
| /aː/
| style="text-align:left;" | long
|-
| /a/
| style="text-align:left;" | short
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''e''
| /eː/
| style="text-align:left;" | long
|-
| /ɛ/
| style="text-align:left;" | short
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''i''
| /iː/
| style="text-align:left;" | long
|-
| /ɪ/
| style="text-align:left;" | short
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''o''
| /oː/
| style="text-align:left;" | long
|-
| /ɔ/
| style="text-align:left;" | short
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''oo''
| /uː/
| style="text-align:left;" | long
|-
| /ʊ/
| style="text-align:left;" | short
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''ou''
| /ʉː/
| style="text-align:left;" | long
|-
| /ʉ/
| style="text-align:left;" | short
|-
| rowspan="3" | ''u''
| /uː/
| style="text-align:left;" | long
|-
| /ʊ/
| style="text-align:left;" | short, in monosyllables & word-final syllables
|-
| /ʌ/
| style="text-align:left;" | in non-final syllables and proclitics
|-  
|-  
| ''y''
| /ɪ/
| /ɪ/
| style="text-align:left;" | in word-final, unstressed syllables only
| style="text-align:left;" | in word-final, unstressed syllables only
|-
! colspan="3;" | Long Vowels
|-
| ''ae''
| /aː/
| style="text-align:left;" | takes stress in final syllables
|-
| ''ay''
| /aː/
| style="text-align:left;" |
|-
| ''ee''
| /eː/
| style="text-align:left;" | takes stress in final syllables
|-
| ''oa''
| /ɔː/
| style="text-align:left;" |
|-
| ''oe''
| /oː/
| style="text-align:left;" | takes stress in final syllables
|-
| ''uw''
| /uː/
|
|-
! colspan="3;" | Diphthongs
|-
| ''ai''
| /əɨ̯/
|
|-
| ''aw''
| /au̯/
|
|-
| ''ei''
| /ɛɨ̯/
| style="text-align:left;" | takes stress in final syllables
|-
| ''ey''
| /ɛɨ̯/
|
|-
| ''ew''
| /ɛu̯/
|
|-
| ''iw''
| /ɪu̯/
|
|-
| ''oy''
| /ɔɨ̯/
|
|-
| ''ow''
| /ɔu̯/
|
|}
|}


====Diacritics====
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