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The creole distinguishes vowels in length, with vowels always being long in stressed syllables without a final consonant (i.e. open syllables) and are unmarked (single vowel letter) unless the entire word is monosyllabic. In syllables that end with a consonant (i.e. closed syllables), short vowels are the default while long vowels are to be marked by doubling the vowel, except in the case of ⟨æ⟩ which renders as ⟨ae⟩ in such cases. | |||
Most consonant letters are fairly predictable, though some letters may pose a challenge due to high degrees of allophony. Those letters are: | Most consonant letters are fairly predictable, though some letters may pose a challenge due to high degrees of allophony. Those letters, ''for a given syllable'', are: | ||
* ⟨c⟩, pronounced /k/ before ⟨a, o, u⟩ and after a vowel, /s/ or /ts/ before ⟨æ, e, i, y⟩ and after a consonant. Examples: Carl /karl/, Cent /(t)sent/, Danc /dan(t)s/. | |||
* ⟨ch⟩, pronounced /k/ before ⟨a, o, u⟩, /ʃ/ in French loanwords and /tʃ/ before ⟨æ, e, i, y⟩. /x/ or // after ⟨a, o, u⟩ and /ç/, /x/ or // after ⟨æ, e, i, y⟩. Examples: Charakter/-cter /ka.ˈrak.ta~-ɛr/, Charade /ʃa.ˈraː.də/, Licht /lɪçt~xt/. | |||
* ⟨j⟩, pronounced /j/, except for loanwords such as "Jakarta" or "Jungel", which may alternatively be spelled with ⟨dj⟩ for /dʒ/. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||