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PRONUNCIATION GUIDES

(The sound file records James and Jenny Brown reading these tables to you.)
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Vowels

a 1. as in E. 'father' (Anglo-German dialects) [ah]
2. as S. 'casa', F. 'la', and E. 'palm' [aa]
e 1. before vowels, 'eigh' as in 'eight' [eigh]
2. elsewhere, as in 'met' [e] or [eh]
i 1. before vowels, 'y' as in 'yet' [y]
2. elsewhere, as 'ee' in 'feet' [ee]
o 1. before /r/ or /i/, 'aw' as in 'law' [aw]
2. elsewhere, as in 'note' [oh]
u 1. before vowels, 'w' as in 'wee' [w]
2. elsewhere, as 'oo' in 'boot' [oo]
w as 'u' in F. 'plus' and as 'ü' in G. 'Mühle' [eu]
y as 'u' in 'up' and 'a' in 'about' [uh]

Consonants

b as in 'boy' [b]
c as 'sh' in 'shy' [sh]
d as in 'dog' [d]
f as in 'fog' [f]
g as in 'get' [g]
h as in 'hut' [h]
j as 's' in 'measure' 'z' in 'azure', and 'J' in F. 'Jean' [zh]
k as in 'kin' [k]
l 1. as in 'let' [l]
2. as in 'bottle' when vocalic [ll]
m 1. as in 'met' [m]
2. as in 'rhythm' when vocalic [mm]
n 1. before /k/ or /g/, as 'ng' in 'sing' [ng]
2. elsewhere as in 'net' [n]
3. as 'en' in 'listen' when vocalic [nn]
p as in 'pet' [p]
q as 'th' in 'thin' [th]
r 1. as in 'rat' [r]
2. as 'er' in 'father' when vocalic [rr]
s as in 'sat' [s] or [ss]
t as in 'tin' [t]
v as in 'vet' [v]
x as 'ch' in G. 'Bach' [kh]
z as in 'zinc' [z]

Diphthongs

ai as 'igh' in 'sigh' [igh]
ao as 'ow' in 'cow' and 'ough' in 'bough' [ow] or [ough]
ei as 'ay' in 'day' [ay] or [eight-ee]
oi as 'oy' in 'boy' [oy]

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