Talk:Enkidukai Language/Pronunciation

Some things I think need clarifying:

'E' is generally pronounced similar to the English long A, although closer to British Accents than American. It is considered a close-mid frontunrounded vowel or mid front unrounded vowel, but does not matter much. (This sounds more like the short vowel æ than the long 'A')

'I' is pronounced like an English long 'E', as in 'teeth'. It is considered a close front unrounded vowel. ('teeth' is pronunced with a long 'I', not 'E')

'W' is a combination of 'I' and 'U', as in the English "you" (The example doesn't say much. In RP English alone 'you' can be pronunced with schwa, short 'U' or even long 'U' if it's strong)

The consonants that exist in Enkien are as follows: B, C/K, D, F/PH, G, H/J, JH, L, M, N, P, S, SH, T, TH, V, and ZH (There is no 'R' mentioned and yet it appears in the vocabulary)

'ZH' - This is a voiced 'SH', like mixing a 'Z' with a 'SH' (This has a counterpart in English. It appears in such words as 'pleasure', or 'garage'. It's the voiced postalveolar fricative, ʒ.)