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Vowels with diacritics over them are not indicative of stress, nor do they signify a long version of the unmarked vowel.  They are letters in their own right, seperate from vowels without an accent.  All letters with ''´'' are inherently long, and have no short version.  In order to make the unmarked vowels long, one simply doubles them:
Vowels with diacritics over them are not indicative of stress, nor do they signify a long version of the unmarked vowel.  They are letters in their own right, seperate from vowels without an accent.  All letters with ''´'' are inherently long, and have no short version.  In order to make the unmarked vowels long, one simply doubles them:


* ''a'' /æ/ - ''aa'' /æ:/
Vowels
* ''á'' /a/
* ''a'' - /a/
* ''e'' /ɛ/, /ə/, or /ʌ/ - ''ee'' /ɛ:/ or /ʌ:/
* ''aa'' - /a:/  
* ''é'' /e:/
* ''aai'' - /ai:/
* ''i'' /ɪ/ - ''ii'' /ɪ:/
* ''ä'' - /æ/
* ''í'' /i:/
* ''e'' - /ɛ/ (/ɘ/ when unstressed and /ʌ/ after d)
* ''o'' /ɔ/ - ''oo'' /ɔ:/
* ''ee'' - /e:/
* ''ó'' /o:/
* ''i'' - /ɪ/ (/ɨ/ when word-initial, can replace /ɪ/ with a speaker's accent)
* ''u'' /u/ - ''uu'' /u:/
* ''ï'' - /i:/
* ''o'' - /ɔ/
* ''oe'' - /o:/
* ''aui'' - /ø/
* ''u'' - /u/
* ''ue'' - /u:/
* ''ui'' - /y/
* ''y'' - /əi̯/


''U'' is the only vowel that does not have a marked counterpart. Furthermore, it is not common to see a doubled ''I'' or ''E''. <br>
''Y'' is treated as a diphthong representing /əi̯/
''` '' is used to differentiate between ''èn'' - ''a'', and ''en'' - ''and''. 


The sounds /d/, /k/, /b/, /v/, /t/, /j/, /h/, /f/, /r/, /l/, /p/, /z/, /s/, /m/, and /n/ are all represented by their corresponding letters.  There are some special cases where single letters are pronounced differently depending on placement, and some letters do not represent sounds they would normally represent in other germanic languages:
Consonants
* ''b'' - /b/
* ''d'' - /d/
* ''f'' - /f/
* ''g'' - /x/~/ç/ (/x/ after open vowels and /ç/ after closed vowels: so ''naagt'' /'na:xt/, but ''nigt'' /'nɪçt/)
* ''h'' - /h/
* ''j'' - /j/
* ''k'' - /k/
* ''l'' - /l/ (/ɫ/ when word-initial)
* ''m'' - /m/
* ''n'' - /n/
* ''p'' - /p/
* ''r'' - /ɾ/
* ''s'' - /s/
* ''sj'' - /ʃ/
* ''t'' - /t/
* ''tj'' - /ʧ/
* ''v'' - /v/
* ''w'' - /w/
* ''x'' - /ʤ/
* ''z'' - /ʦ/


* ''g'' /x/~/χ/  (/x/  '''regn ud -->'''after some consonants''', or sometimes when weakened by a speaker)
Note: ''` '' is used to differentiate between ''èn'' - ''a'', and ''en'' - ''and''.   
* ''l''  /ɫ/ when word-initial
* ''s''  /ʃ/ when preceding ''t'' or ''p''
* ''ng''  /ŋ/
* ''x''  /d͡ʒ/
** ''xésus''  /'d͡ʒe:s.us/ - jesus
* ''e'' /ʌ/ when following ''r'' or ''d/t''
** ''hede''  /'hɛ.dʌ/ - had
* ''e'' /ə/ when unstressed
* ''y''  /əi̯/
* ''w''  /w/
* ''tj''  /t͡ʃ/
* ''sch''  /ʃ/ in all positions. Alternatively spelled as ''sj'' in some northern varieties  


Vowels can additionally come paired with ''E'' (with the exception of ''E'' itself), which always produces the construction /Vɛ/ regardless of stress.  The original vowel retains its original quality, this occurs only with unmarked vowels. 
* ''oe, ae, ue, ie''
There are also additional trigraphs, and one digraph:
* ''aui''  /ø/
* ''aae''  /æ:e̯/
* ''aai''  /æ:i̯/
* ''iu''  /y/
* ''ei''  /ei:/


===Sound Shifts from other Germanic Languages===
===Sound Shifts from other Germanic Languages===
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