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Transliteration Key
Transliteration is the system of representing or spelling the text written in one
alphabet using the corresponding letters of another alphabet.
Vowel | as in | Vowel | as in |
a | add | i | see |
â | father | o | four |
e | egg | u | rule |
Consonant | as in | Consonant | as in |
b | book | q | r in French écrire, German schreiben |
c | chain | r | roof |
d | door | s | soap |
f | foot | š | ship |
g | game | t | tear |
h | hat | v | verb |
j | jam | x | ch in Loch Ness, German Buch |
k | key | y | yes |
l | leg | z | zoo |
m | man | ž | treasure, j in French jardin |
n | no | ' | see below |
p | pen | ||
Diphthong | as in | ||
ow | low (but shorter) |
Apostrophe has two functions:
1. In the following situations it denotes glottal stop
1.1 When preceded by a vowel.
1.2 When its leading and trailing letters are both consonant but not the same letters.
1.3 When it's the last letter of the word.
2. Otherwise, it indicates that its leading and trailing letters are pronounced separately.
glottal stop: a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel. To get a touch of glottal stop, consider the pronunciation of e in end but without the glide towards the vowel sound of e.
This transliteration script is completely phonetic. So, keep in mind that adjacent
vowels are pronounced separately and they are not diphthongs.
As in Italian and some other languages, doubled consonants, like ll, mm, tt, etc. are pronounced much more forcefully than single consonants. They should be so pronounced that both members of the combination are distinctly articulated.