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Pronunciation

JARRAPUA uses only thirteen letters, always written using upper case Roman letters pronounced as follows.

 

J= any sibilant affricate                                           example: ch in chip

S= any sibilant fricative                                           example: s in mustard

F= any nonsibilant fricative                                    example: f in refund

M= any labial nasal                                                 example: m in laminate

N= any coronal or dorsal nasal                              example: n in lunar

R= any trill, flap, or coronal approximant              example: r in parity

P= any bilabial or labiodental stop                       example: p in lupus

T= any coronal stop                                               example: t in ratify

K= any dorsal stop                                                 example: k in liking

H= any laryngeal                                                    example: h in hat

 

A= any open vowel                                                example: a in father

U= any back close vowel                                      example: u in rule

E= any front close vowel                                        example: 1st e in athlete

 

Note:  I think my examples work in all variants of English pronunciation.  American and RP anyway.

J - Unknown Artist
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T - Unknown Artist
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S - Unknown Artist
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R - Unknown Artist
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P - Unknown Artist
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N - Unknown Artist
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M - Unknown Artist
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F - Unknown Artist
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K - Unknown Artist
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H - Unknown Artist
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A - Unknown Artist
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E - Unknown Artist
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U - Unknown Artist
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There are also 6 dipthongs, pairs of vowels.

AU can be spelled "O" and AE can be spelled "I".

UE - Unknown Artist
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UA - Unknown Artist
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EU - Unknown Artist
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EA - Unknown Artist
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AU - Unknown Artist
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AE - Unknown Artist
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