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Ido alphabet
[edit | edit source]The Ido alphabet has 26 letters in total, and is equivalent to the English alphabet.
Letter | IPA | Pronunciation |
---|---|---|
a | /ɑ/[1] | a in "father" |
b | /b/ | b in "stable" |
c | /t͡s/ | ts in "cats" |
d | /d/ | d in "dog" |
e | /ɛ/, /e/ | e in "egg", "grey"[2] |
f | /f/ | f in "fast" |
g | /g/ | g in "get" |
h | /h/ | h in "hat" |
i | /i/ | i in "machine" |
j | /ʒ/ | s in "measure" |
k | /k/ | k in "ask" |
l | /l/ | l in "lamb" |
m | /m/ | m in "mad" |
n | /n/ | n in "no" |
o | /o/ | o in "or" |
p | /p/ | p in "park" |
q | /k/ | same as k |
r | /ɾ/ | t in American English "water" |
s | /s/ | s in "same"[3] |
t | /t/ | t in "tell" |
u | /u/ | u in "rude" |
v | /v/ | v in "avoid" |
w | /w/ | w in "way" |
x | /ks/ | x in "expert"[4] |
y | /j/ | y in "yell" |
z | /z/ | z in "zebra" |
Ido has three digraphs, all of which are pronounced as in English.
Digraph | IPA | Pronunciation |
---|---|---|
ch | /t͡ʃ/ | ch in "teach" |
qu | /kw/ | qu in "question" |
sh | /ʃ/ | sh in "sharp" |
- ↑ "Ido language, alphabet and pronunciation". www.omniglot.com. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
- ↑ "Basic Grammar of the International Language Ido". www.idolinguo.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
- ↑ "Basic Grammar of the International Language Ido". www.idolinguo.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
- ↑ "Basic Grammar of the International Language Ido". www.idolinguo.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-11.