| a |
as in |
far, father, balm, calm.
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| ă |
as in |
quota, America, (pronounced abruptly.)
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| ai |
as in |
aisle; or ie in tie, lie.
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| aw |
as in |
law, saw, claw.
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| aou |
as ou in plough, our, sour.
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| e |
as in |
they, or a in say, play.
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| ĕ |
as in |
let, peck, beck, (abrupt.)
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| i |
as in |
police, machine, magazine.
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| ĭ |
as in |
pit, quick, tick, (abrupt.)
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| o |
as in |
cone, alone, bemoan.
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| ŏ |
as in |
lock, stock, (abrupt.)
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| ou |
as o in no, so, (prolonged & terminating in the sound of oo half suppressed.)
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| u |
as in |
rule; or oo in school, boon, loom.
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| ŭ |
as in |
urn, turn, burn.
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| u |
followed by r pronounced like ŭ, with the r half suppressed.
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| u |
followed by ng pronounced like ŭ.
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| gn |
at the beginning of a syllable much as ng at the end.
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| mʼ |
an incomplete sound formed by closing the lips and uttering it through the nose.
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