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Phonetic Key
I - The vowels
| In key words | Are to be sounded like: | In the English words: | |
| 1 | aa | a | half, calf |
| 2 | ae | ae | Gaelic |
| 3 | ee | ee | feel, see |
| 4 | au | au | naught, taught |
| 5 | ō |
o | note, coke |
| 6 | oo | oo (long) | tool, room |
| 7 | a | a | bat, that |
| 8 | e | e | let, bell |
| 9 | i | i | hit, fill |
| 10 | o | o | knot, clock |
| 11 | ŭ |
u | up, us |
| 12 | u | oo (short) | good, rook (same sound as u in full) |
It is useful to note that the sound (No. 6) of oo in poor is the same as the sound of u in rule; while the sound (No. 11) of u in up, us, is the same as that of o in son, done. It will be noticed that the same numbers are attached to the same sounds in both tables.
note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English
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