Erendai

Alphabet and Pronunciation
The alphabet contains 21 letters of the Roman alphabet: a b c d e f g h i j l m n o p r s t u v z

There are 5 vowel phonemes and 19 consonant phonemes.

The vowel phonemes are: a e i o u The consonant phonemes are: b c ch d f g h j l m n p r s sh t th v z

a as in father e as in red i as in see o as in boat u as in room

b /b/ b /k/ ch /tʃ/ d /d/ f /f/ g /g/ h /x/ j /ʒ/ l /l/ m /m/ n /n/ p /p/ r /r/ s /s/ sh /ʃ/ t /t/ th /θ/ v /v/ z /z/

All vowels are pronounced as monophthongs. Adjacent vowels are pronounced separately.

In every word, all syllables have equal stress and length unless indicated by a diacritical mark: á é í ó ú. These indicate syllables with stressed vowels.