i as in machine u as in rule uy k没y "wolf" ey as in hey ow as in low owy ts贸wy "coffee" a as in father o as in off oy kh贸y帽 "bark, rind" ya as in Yankee ay p谩y "sun"
Long vowels are written by doubling the vowel letter. DO NOT read oo, ee and ay as in English.
k铆铆 "meat" p茅茅y "dead" p'贸贸 "river; moon" towd么wm "floor" t贸贸w "house" g煤煤 "wise" th贸贸w帽g煤l "soda pop" th贸贸w帽gul "wagon" t贸wg煤l "young man" thal铆铆 "boy" thaal铆i "Grandmother!"
Consonants
k as in skin kh as in khan k' like k with a catch t as in stone th as in Thompson t' like t with a catch p as in spin ph as p in pin p' like p with a catch ts' like ts with a catch t谩谩dey "eye" th贸贸w "lap" t'贸贸w "cold" ts'贸贸w "rock, stone"
B, d, g, ts, s, z, m, n, h and y as in English. Sy as sh in short. L is often pronounced as ddl in fiddle. Nasalization is indicated by 帽. It is not used if there is an n or m in the same syllable.
ts茅ey帽 "horse" g煤煤帽 "horn" sy芒n "small"
High tone is indicated by 麓 on the only or both vowels of the syllable, falling tone by 麓 on the first vowel or by ^ on the only vowel of the syllable.
k'贸贸 "cold" k'贸o "knife" ph谩y帽 "dust, dirt" ph芒y帽 "tie" ah贸贸w "Kill him!" aah贸ow "thank you"
The hyphen is used after prefixes. The middle dot is used, when necessary, to show that two letters belong to different syllables.
bey-s贸贸 "sit down" s贸路olkya "mouth" b茅yt路hoo "unknowing" k'贸wp路茅ytto "big mountain, Mt. Scott"
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