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THE ESPERANTO ALPHABET (WITH PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION).
The Esperanto Alphabet has 28 letters--23 consonants, 5 vowels:--
Characters. | Name and English Pronunciation. | Phonetics | | used. | | ------------+---------------------------------------------+----------- A, a | (ah) like _a_ in _father_ or _pa_; as | | _patro_ (pah'troh). In unaccented syllables | | it should not be dwelt upon, and in all | | cases it should be pronounced quite purely, | | without the slight drawling _r_-sound which | | is sometimes added to the corresponding | | vowel in English | ah | | B, b | (bo) as in English | b | | C, c | (tsoh) like _ts_ in _gets_, _hits_, and | | never as in English; as _caro_ (tsah'roh) | ts | | Ĉ, ĉ | (cho) like _ch_ in _church_; as _ĉasi_ | | (chah'see) | ch | | D, d | (do) as in English, but with tip of tongue | | placed on back of teeth instead of on front | | ridge of roof of mouth | d | | E, e | (eh) like _e_ in _bend_ pronounced broadly, | | or _a_ in _hate_ shortly pronounced, but | | quite pure, entirely without the slight | | drawling _ee_-sound often heard after the | | English vowel; as _beno_ (beh'noh) | e, eh | | F, f | (fo) as in English | f | | G, g | (go) like _g_ in _go_, _give_, as _gasto_ | | (gah'stoh), and never like _g_ in _gem_, | | _allege_ | g | | Ĝ, ĝ | (jo) like _g_ in _gem_, _general_, and _j_ | | in _jovial_; as _ĝeni_ (jeh'nee) | j | | H, h | (ho) as in English | h | | Ĥ, ĥ | (ĥo) like _ch_ in Scotch _loch_, _ch_ in | | German _hoch_, _j_ in Spanish _mujer_. This | | guttural sound is practically a very | | strongly aspirated _h_, and may be made by | | trying to pronounce "ho" with the throat | | arranged as for saying _k_:--_ĥoro_ | | (khoro), _ĥino_ (khino) | _kh_ | | I, i | (ee) like _ee_ in _seen_, as _li_ (lee). In | | unaccented syllables, and before two | | consonants together, this _i_ practically | | becomes the _i_ in _it_ or in _wind_; as | | _ferminte_ (fehrr-min'teh) | ee, i