Consonants
Since there are not 24 ASCII consonants to choose from, the letter 'h' can be used as a consonant modifier where 'sh' would be considered a single letter. The letter 'h' may also be used between two vowels to stand-in for a syllable break.
The consonants are arranged visually, organized by loud / quiet and big / small:
3f | 0L | 1L | 2q | 3q |
---|---|---|---|---|
0s | m | p | f | th / þ |
1s | n | t | s | sh / š |
2s | q / ŋ | k | x | lh / ł |
3B | l | b | v | w |
4B | c | d | z | zh / ž |
5B | r | g | nh / ň | rh / ř |
Some consonant clusters should be written using shorthand:
long | short |
---|---|
dzh | j |
tsh | ch / č |
Pronunciation
English word | Zoitei Romanized Phonetic Spelling | |
---|---|---|
m | mean | miyn / mi'n |
p | pour | poar / po'r |
f | fool | foul / fu'l |
th / þ | both | boath / bo'þ |
n | no | no |
t | to | tu |
s | sibling | sibliyq / sibli'ŋ |
sh / š | shard | shard / šard |
q / ŋ | sing | siyq / si'ŋ |
k | card | kard |
x | hello | xealo / xe'lo |
lh / ł | - | - |
l | lore | loar / lo'r |
b | balance | baelins / by'lins |
v | violin | vayoalin / vayo'lin |
w | bother | bowyr |
c | - | - |
d | dance | daens / dy'ns |
z | xylophone | zayloafoan / zaylo'fo'n |
zh / ž | collage | kialazh / ka'laž |
r | rain | reyn |
g | grab | graeb / gry'b |
nh / ň | - | - |
rh / ř | - | - |
j | jar | jar |
ch / č | chair | cher / čer |
Non-American-English Sounds
c
sound between 'l' and 'r', pronounced like 'd' but with tongue further back in mouthlh
/ł
soft voiced 'h', tongue placement similar to 'l'rh
/ř
hard voiced 'h', scoff / growl, tongue placement similar to 'r'nh
/ň
glottal stop