Pronunciation.

the vowels

- a : as in father
- aa : same as 'a', but lengthened
- ao : both letters enunciated, as in 'a-o'
- e : as in bed, temper
- ë : same as 'e'
- eo : both letters enunciated, as in 'ë-o'
- eu : as in 'ë-u'
- i : as in trip, little, not as in sing
- ii : as in feet, need
- ië : as in 'igh-ë'
- ih : as in high, fly
- io : as in 'igh-o'
- iu : as in 'igh-u'
- iy : same as 'ih'
- o : as in poke
- ö : as in German können, French peur
- u : as in moot, tune
- ui : as in toy
- y : never on its own, only found after 'i'

the consonants

- b : big
- c : always as in 'k', core
- d : door
- dh : as in that, father -- never as in theme, theory
- dj : as in jeep
- dt : like 't', as in tundra
- f : find
- fh : same as 'f'
- g : like a hard 'h', as in German noch, acht
- h : home -- when before another consonant and not in 'ih', as in 'g' above, like German Tochter
- j : as in yoke -- never as in judge
- k : kindle, corner
- l : lawn
- m : memory
- mh : same as 'm'
- n : never
- nh : same as 'n'
- nn : same as 'n'
- p : apart
- r : slightly rolled, like Spanish rojo
- s : as in sing -- never as rise
- t : timber
- tj : as in chicken, torch
- v : velvet
- x : axe, detox
- z : zealot, rise

stress

Most words are stressed on the first syllable.
- neoht, night
- dahtir, daughter

However, if the word uses 'aa', the syllable in which it falls takes the stress.
- encaas, house

If the word begins with certain prefixes, such as fir- or ë-, the next syllable following takes the stress.
- firstaana, to understand
- ëfosda, been