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Baseline alphabet



Here's the alphabet.  Can we baseline it?

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<h1><i>PRONUNCIATION OF TCEQLI</i></h1>



<PRE>The Tceqli language uses the 26 letters of the Roman alphabet.

There are 13  consonants:

B   as in  Boy
C  as in SHoe
D   as in  DuD
F   as in  FluFF
G  as in  Good
H  as in  Hat
J   as in meaSure
K  as in   KinK
P  as  in   PiP
S  as  in   So
T  as  in   ToT
V  as  in   Victory
Z   as in    Zoo

DJ makes the sounds in JudGe
TC makes the sounds in CHurCH

There are 6 vowels:

A  as in  fAther
E  as in  bEt
I   as in  machIne
O  as in  bOAt
U  as in  bOOt
X  as in  bUg sofA (schwa)

And there are seven "Weaks."  Weaks are neither vowels nor consonants,
but somewhere in between.  They have vowel-like quality, but never
form a syllable:

L  as in   LuLL
M  as in  MiMe
N  as in   NooN
Q  as in   siNG
R  as in   RoaR  (preferable trilled, but any version of "r" will do)
W  as in  We
Y  as in   You

Abbreviations:   C = consonant, V= vowel, W=weak.   Weaks and vowels are
grouped together as non-consonants, abbreviation N.

Stress always falls on the first syllable:

Bala    BA-la
Pila    PI-la
Dia      DI-a
Pyano  PYA-no
Kanor  KA-nor
Baley    BA-ley
Palam   PA-lam
Piramun  PI-ra-mun
Punay    PU-nay
Koyla    KOy-la
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