Here is the Pronunciation of Hopyratian Letters
Vowels
A
Ā E Ý Ē I O Ō U Ū |
short, like in “at”
long, like in “art” pronounced like "ei" but short pronounced like "ei" but longer long, like in “eat” short, like in “ill” (end of a word and after “x” the vowel is pronounced like the diphthong "ai", but longer) short, like in the british pronunciation of “hot” long, like in “obey” short, like in “put” long like in “spoon” |
Diphthongs
Ai/Aē/Æ
Au Oi Ia |
pronounced like in "buy" (increases in length)
pronounced like in "cow" pronounced like in "boy" like in the American pronuncation of "via" |
Consonants
B
C D F X G J K Z L M N Ŋ P V R S T W Y ' |
pronounced like in "boat"
pronounced "sh" pronounced like in "dog" pronounced like in "fire" pronounced like a soft "th" like in "thing" pronounced hard like in "go" pronounced like in "jug" pronounced like in "kettle" pronounced like "s" in "measure" pronounced like in "life" pronounced like in "mother" pronounced like in "nothing" pronounced like "ng" in "wing" pronounced like in "power" pronounced like in "van" lightly trilled (except when at the end of a word where it is tapped like in spanish "caro". pronounced like in "sound" pronounced like in "tower" pronounced like in "water" pronounced like in "yes" (silent if in between two consonants or before an "a/ā" This a Glottal Stop, it is similar to the dropped "t" like John Lennon saying "bottle" |
Double Consonants
Yn
Th |
pronounced like "yin"
pronounced like a voiced "th" like in "the" |
Vowels and Consonants
Ki
Ik Ti Bel |
pronounced "ki" ("i" is pronounced like the diphthong "ai")
pronounced "ik" pronounced "ti" ("i" is pronounced like the diphthong "ai") pronounced like "bell" |
On Stress:
Depending on how many syllables there are in a Hopyratian word, depends on which syllable the stress falls onto:
2 syllables: stress falls on the last syllable: lēv-KI
3 syllables: stress falls on the second syllable: ten-O-ti
4 syllables: stress fall on the third syllable: na-da-XA-mý
5+ syllables: stress falls no the penultimate syllable: lēv-ti-hin-NIM-man