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Alphabet and sounds
The 33 letters of the official alphabet, each with an example word.
Meet · 33 entries
Read each one with its meaning; open an entry for its source and notes.
- FLetter: F
- OLetter: O
- GLetter: G
- SLetter: S
- HLetter: H
- OnLetter: On
- BLetter: B
- MLetter: M
- AnLetter: An
- DjLetter: Dj
- ZLetter: Z
- RLetter: R
- JLetter: J
- ALetter: A
- AyLetter: Ay
- TjLetter: Tj
- NLetter: N
- ChLetter: Ch
- EnLetter: En
- VLetter: V
- ÈLetter: È
- TLetter: T
- NgLetter: Ng
- ÒLetter: Ò
- YLetter: Y
- DLetter: D
- PLetter: P
- LLetter: L
- ILetter: I
- KLetter: K
- ÉLetter: É
- OuLetter: Ou
- WLetter: W
Notice
Notes from the corpus, in English, on how these entries are used.
- F Letter: F
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- O Letter: O
Oral vowel — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total). Pronunciation: Same pronunciation as <o> in 'bone' (UWI DMLL poster).
- G Letter: G
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- S Letter: S
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- H Letter: H
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- On Letter: On
Nasal vowel — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- B Letter: B
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- M Letter: M
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- An Letter: An
Nasal vowel — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- Dj Letter: Dj
Consonant (special symbol) — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total). Pronunciation: Same pronunciation as English <j> in 'jump' (UWI DMLL poster).
- Z Letter: Z
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- R Letter: R
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- J Letter: J
Consonant (special symbol) — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total). Pronunciation: Same pronunciation as the French <j> (UWI DMLL poster).
- A Letter: A
Oral vowel — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total). Pronunciation: Same pronunciation as <a> in 'bat' (UWI DMLL poster).
- Ay Letter: Ay
Oral vowel — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total). Pronunciation: Same pronunciation as <y> in 'by' (UWI DMLL poster).
- Tj Letter: Tj
Consonant (special symbol) — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total). Pronunciation: Same pronunciation as <ch> in 'church' (UWI DMLL poster).
- N Letter: N
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- Ch Letter: Ch
Consonant (special symbol) — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total). Pronunciation: Same pronunciation as <ch> in 'machine' (UWI DMLL poster).
- En Letter: En
Nasal vowel — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- V Letter: V
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- È Letter: È
Oral vowel — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total). Pronunciation: Same pronunciation as <e> in 'egg' (UWI DMLL poster).
- T Letter: T
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- Ng Letter: Ng
Consonant (special symbol) — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total). Pronunciation: Same pronunciation as in 'singer' (but not 'finger') (UWI DMLL poster).
- Ò Letter: Ò
Oral vowel — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total). Pronunciation: Same pronunciation as <o> in 'pot' (UWI DMLL poster).
- Y Letter: Y
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- D Letter: D
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- P Letter: P
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- L Letter: L
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- I Letter: I
Oral vowel — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total). Pronunciation: Same pronunciation as <i> in 'machine' (UWI DMLL poster).
- K Letter: K
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
- É Letter: É
Oral vowel — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total). Pronunciation: Same pronunciation as <e> in 'olé' (UWI DMLL poster).
- Ou Letter: Ou
Oral vowel — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total). Pronunciation: Same pronunciation as <ou> in 'soup' (UWI DMLL poster).
- W Letter: W
Consonant — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total).
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