Alphabet Sounds Flashcards
3
A Kind of L or R
j
not a consonant; shows a syllable began or ended with a vowel, or that two vowels came together
y
like English y in “yet”
c
sounds like English d in “deed”
w
both a constant like English w in “wet” and sign showing a word ended in a vowel
b
like English b in “bet”
p
like English p in “pet”
f
like English f in “fat”
m
like English m in “met”
n
most cases like English n in “net”; some words pronounced like English l in “let”
r
“flapped” r sound made with a single tap of tongue against roof of mouth. To English speakers it sounds like a d
h
like English h in “hot”
h
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h sound like breathing air onto glasses
h (curved line underneath)
ch sound like k sound
h (hyphen underneath)
sounds like h of “hue” with a very strong h sound
z/s
both pronounced the same like english s in “set”, were written interchangeably
s (with v on top)
like english s in “shot”
q
hard k sound, deep in throat
k
like English k in “kite”
g
like english g sound in “dagger”
t
like english t in “toe”
t (with hyphen underneath)
souns like British ch in “chew”
d
d in English “sadder”
d (with hyphen underneath)
j sound in english “june”
