Talk a Lot Clear Alphabet Dictionary Clear Alphabet 48 Phonemes (Individual Sounds) 23 vowel sounds: short long 10 diphthongs | 25 consonant sounds: 15 voiced 10 unvoiced Each phoneme always has the same written identifier (ID) Letters not used from the old alphabet: c, q, x When pronounced on their own, all consonant sounds (including unvoiced) are followed by a schwa sound, e.g buh This is called an embedded schwa sound Hear the sounds: http://tinyurl.com/nea-sounds No 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 Phonemic ID a aiy ar au auw b ch d e ee ei eir er eu f g h hh i ii iy j k l m n ng o oo or oy p r s sh t th tt u uh uu uuw v w y z zz _ Old IPA Symbol LụL= L~fL= L~f]L= L^WL= L~rL= L~r]L= LL= LớpL= LầL= LẫL= LỏWL= LẫfL= Lẫ]L= LWL= L]rL= LẹL= LệL= LĩL= LủL= LfL= LỏL= Lf]L= LầwL= LõL= LọL= LóL= LồL= LẽL= LflL= LỡWL= LlWL= LlfL= LộL= LờL= LởL= LpL= LớL= LaL= LqL= LắL= L]L= LrL= Lr]L= LợL= LùL= LL= LũL= LwL= L\L= Old Spelling New Spelling bat time hire star cow power bag cheese dice leg three plane pear shirt home frog glass head loch dish happy here jam kit lake music nurse ring sock shoot ball toy pig road snow shop taxi brother thousand cup arrive pull pure van week yoghurt zip revision football Bat Taim Haiy Star Kau Pauw Bag Cheez Dais Leg Ttree Plein Peir Shert Heum Frog Glars Hed Lohh Dish Ha pii Hiy Jam Kit Leik Myoo zik Ners Ring Sok Shoot Borl Toy Pig Reud Sneu Shop Ta ksii Bru th Ttau znd Kup uh Raiv Puul Pyuuw Van Week Yo gt Zip r Vi zzn Fuu_ borl Type v/s d d v/l d d c/v c/u c/v v/s v/l d d v/l d c/u c/v c/u c/u v/s v/s d c/v c/u c/v c/v c/v c/v v/s v/l v/l d c/u c/v c/u c/u c/u c/v c/u v/s v/s v/s d c/v c/v c/v c/v c/v Key v = vowel sound: s = short l = long d = diphthong | c = consonant sound: v = voiced u = unvoiced Talk a Lot Clear Alphabet Dictionary English Banana.com 17