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Hello everybody,
In today's lesson you will learn how to write and pronounce the 26 letter of the Interlingua Alphabet.
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Interlingua alphabet
Interlingua uses the 26 letters.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | |
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Letters (upper case) | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
Letters (lower case) | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |
IPA | a | b | k, t͡s~t͡ʃ[1] | d | e | f | ɡ [2] | h~∅ | i | ʒ | k | l | m | n | o | p | k [3] | r | s~z [4] | t [5] | u | v | w~v | ks | i | z |
Names | a | be | ce | de | e | ef | ge | ha | i | jota | ka | el | em | en | o | pe | cu | er | es | te | u | ve | duple ve | ix | ypsilon | zeta |
Phonology
Interlingua is primarily a written language, and the pronunciation is not entirely settled. The sounds in parentheses are not used by all speakers.
Labial | Alveolar | Post-
alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
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Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | ɡ | ||||
Affricate | (ts ~ tʃ) | (d)ʒ | ||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | (h) | ||||
Approximant | l | j | w | |||||||
Rhotic | ɾ |
Front | Back | |
---|---|---|
Close | i | u |
Close-mid | e | o |
Open | a |
English Approximant
LETTERS IN INTERLINGUA | PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH SPEAKERS |
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A | ah |
B | b |
CA / CO / CU | kah / koh / kou |
CE / CI | tseh / tsih |
CH | k |
CH | s (French influence) |
D | d |
E | eh |
F | f |
GA / GO / GU | gah / goh / gou |
GE / GI | jeh / jih |
H | h |
I | ih |
J | zh |
K | k |
L | l |
M | m |
N | n |
O | oh |
P | p |
QU | k + ou |
Q + vowel | k |
R | r |
S | s |
S | z (between vowels) |
T | t |
U | ou |
V | v |
W | ou |
X | ks |
Y | ih |
Z | z |