PronunciationNeomedic is completely phonetic, so if you know the rules, you know exactly how a word is pronounced.
Consonants | bilabial | labiopalatal | labiodental | alveolar | palatal | velar | velar-alveolar | velopalatal | uvular | glottal |
Plosive | p b | | t d | | k g | | | | | _ |
Nasal | m | | | n | nj | ng | | | | |
Tab | | | | r | | | | | | |
Affricate | | pj bj | | ts dz | tj dj | | x | kj gj | | |
Fricative | | fj vj | f v | s z | ch | | | | ch gh | h |
Approximant | | | | | j | | | | | |
lateral Approximant | | | | l | lj | | | | | |
Vowels | front | central | back |
close | î,ì,ij,ji | | û,ù |
near-close | i,í y,ý | | u,ú |
close-mid | ê,è | | ô,ò |
mid | | y | |
open-mid | e,é | | o,ó |
open | | a | |
"y" isn't pronounced before or after any vowel.
At the end of a word some short vowels change their sound:
/ɪ/ → /i/
/ɔ/ → /o/
/ʊ/ → /u/
Diphthongs | /ɪ/ | /ʊ/ |
/a/ | aj | au |
/ɛ/ | ej | |
/ɔ/ | oj | |
/o/ | | ou |
/ʊ/ | uj | |
/ʏ/ | yj | |