APT - the Alfavít Phonetic Talossán
Vowels
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| [a] | like the "a" in "ah", "father" | mà, Talossán |
| [å] | like "aw" in "saw", "law" | år, bråneu |
| [æ] | Like the "a" in "cat", "hat" | fäts, regipäts |
| [ê] | like the "e" in "met", "set" | electar, fremiêð |
| [e] | like French "é" (similar to "ay" in "day", but a pure vowel, without the "y" sound at the end) | me, véu, pëvetz |
| [ë] | like the "a" in "about", "sofa" | cudësch, cosâ |
| [i] | as in "police", "machine" | Maritiimi |
| [î] | like "oo" in "book", "look", but pronounced with the lips spread wide instead of rounded | în, anciînt, quând |
| [o] | like "o" in "hope", "so", but a pure vowel, not a diphthong | vôl, oxhi |
| [ø] | like French "eu", German "ö" (like "e" in "met", but with the lips rounded as if to say "oo" | över, öcönömic |
| [u] | like "oo" in "moon", "soon" | Cestoûr, dûceu |
| [U] | the above "oo" sound, but nasalised, like Portuguese "um" | naziun, caciun |
| [û] | like the "u" in "cut", "but" | ûnfáþil |
| [ü] | like French "u", German "ü" (like "ee" in "see", but with the lips rounded as if to say "oo" | ün, Üranüs |
| [ÿ] | like the "i" in "bit" (only occurs in the diphthong [ÿw]) | feliceu, figlheu |
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Contrast the following sets of vowels: 1. [æ], [ê], [e], [i] 2. [a], [å], [o] 3. [ë], [î], [ø] 4. [u], [U] |
Consonants
| [b] | as in "Ben" | bunâ |
| [c] | like "ts" in "hits" | päts, tzarâ |
| [C] | like "ch" in "church" | ceai, cicián |
| [ç] | like "ch" in German "ich", Gaelic "eich" (A palatal fricative) | gavárþic'h, ic'huì |
| [d] | as in "do" | daddéu |
| [D] | like "th" in "this", "then" | Ladintsch, cadascù |
| [f] | as in "fit" | façâ |
| [g] | as in "go" | galerïa |
| [G] | like "dh" in Gaelic "dhà", or the Greek letter Gamma. It is a voiced velar fricative (the voiced equivalent of [x] below): say "g", but don't touch your tongue to the roof of your mouth and force the air out instead. This sound is rare in Talossan, occurring mainly in Berber loanwords. | açharar |
| [h] | as in "how" | husch |
| [H] | a voiceless "l"; put your tongue in the position to say "l", then blow. Similar to the letter "ll" in Welsh "llan" or Gaelic "allt". | altreu, grült |
| [j] | like "y" in "yes" | ja, Január |
| [J] | like "j" in "jump" | xhetar, haxh |
| [k] | as in "kit" | cosâ, coclâ |
| [l] | as in "leaf" | là, legeu |
| [L] | like the "lli" in "million" | glheþ, queglhâ |
| [m] | as in "mom" | mà |
| [n] | as in "nun" | nun |
| [N] | like the "ny" in "canyon" | vagñhâ, gñhevnic |
| [ñ] | like the "ng" in "sing" | iñen, cjuing |
| [p] | as in "pop" | pà |
| [r] | trilled, as in Spanish & Italian | raçâ, rár |
| [s] | as in "so" | sol |
| [S] | like the "sh" in "shush" | schi, estarë |
| [t] | as in "top" | tutoûr |
| [T] | like the "th" in "think", "through" | þorâ, þaraþiâs |
| [v] | as in "vow" | vivar |
| [w] | as in "wet" | uivár, aucün |
| [x] | like "ch" in German "fach", Gaelic "ach"; a velar fricative (say "k", but don't touch your tongue to the roof of your mouth and force the air out instead) | c'horar, füslac'ht |
| [z] | as in "zoo" | zéu |
| [Z] | like the "s" in "treasure", "vision" | txamáis, platxâ |
| The stressed syllable is indicated in APT by underlining the vowel or by a stroke ' immediately after the vowel, eg. aucün [awkün] or [awkü'n]. |