Pronunciation- Ánnaillisti
It is hard to tell what’s the apropriate way to read and pronounce Hujdiš corectly. Let’s say that we could use the accent of Finnish or Estonian, but there are words where this rule cannot be applyed so easy. I also noticed that the language can be interpreted in a more east european accent or in a sweadish accent. No matter what, here are the reading and pronunciation essentials in Hujdiš.
The Accent – Dállenæ
In general the accent is concentrated in the first syllable. Even though the majority of the longer words are made by agglutination we are still concentrating the accent on the first syllable and then, with the rest of the air, we pronounce the rest of the word respecting it’s inner rule and accent.
Ex. Fraanjuuvkaš (skirts) -is divided into syllables like fraan – juuv – kaš where ‘’fraan’’ has the lead accent and ‘’juuv’’ the secondary accent and ‘’kaš’’ with no accent.
Double vovels and double consonants – Ketpaalu vokalijut uk ketpaalu konsonantijut
The vovels that are doubled are going to be pronounced separately and the same.
When it comes to a doubled consonant we have to give it our individed atention. That consonant is creating a gap between the vovel, or group of vovels before it and the next sounds afterwards.
Ex. Hässen ( beautifull) is going to be readed Hä:ssen, accentuating ‘’hä-‘’ and after a short break realissing ‘’-ssen’’.
The alfabet- Kejrisettijæ
Signs Sound Exemple
1. a [ɑ] awesome
2. á [aʝ] I am
3. ä [e] enthusiast
4. æ [ʌ] what
5. b [b] boy
6. c [t͡s] pizza
7. č [t͡ʃ] chew
8. d [d] dog
9. đ [w] water
10. e [ɛ] eggs
11. é [ɛʝ] alien
12. f [f] fox
13. g [g] guy
14. h [h] how
15. i [i] ink
16. í [iʝ] sheep
17. j [ʝ] yankee
18. k [c] cow
19. l [l] lamb
20. m [m] mouse
21. n [n] nose
22. o [ɔ] short
23. ó [oɯ] mold
24. p [p] peach
25. r [r] rather
26. s [s] snake
27. š [ʃ] shine
28. t [t] tann
29. u [u] put
30. ú [ʉ] shoot
31. v [v] viable
32. w [ʋ] velvet
33. y [y] huge
34. ý [yy] dunes
35. z [z] zebra
36. ž [ʒ] Deja vu
Other groups of vowels – Udät vokalijut settut
ai – Aibo ( Sir) – read like [aɪ]
au – automašinne(car) – read like [ɑ]+ [u]
ađ – ađgust(August) – read like [aʊ]
ei – čeis(snow) – read like (aʝ)
ja – Januar(January) – read like (jɑ)
oj –ojsen(nothing) – read like (ɔɪ)
Groups of consonants – Konsonantijut settut
dz – dzeino(good) – read like (dz)
dž – džude (Jew) – read like (ʤ)
tj – ketje ( second) – read like (tj)
igk – sligk ( shine) – read like (iːk)
ts – udetsen( other) – read like (ts)
jt – pejta( blanket) – read like (ɪˈt)
rs – ovärs( oat) – read like (rs)
rš – resurše(resource) – read like (rʃ)
jn – sujnti(give birth) – read like (jn)
jt –sujt(milk) – read like (jt)
jm – suujmi(temple) – read like ( jm)
rk – syrke(circle) – read like (rk)
šk – škuola( school) – read like (ʃk)
sti – suujsti(belief) – read like (stɪ)
hk – uhkar(wash) – read like (hːk)
hd – uuhdi(colander) – read like (hːd)
ht- uhtaja(leisure) – read like (hːt)
ng – veng(paint) – read like (ŋ)
nd – yndre(otherone) – read like (nd)
pr – ypren(underneath) – read like (pr)
rrk – yrrkoostis(financial) –read like (ːrːk)
rrt – yrrtuk(golden) –read like (ːrːt)
vs – övsel(ram) – read like (vːs)
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