Salton

Notation

 * Phonetic transcriptions are denoted by rectangular brackets          [ˈkæːk̚tɪs]
 * Phonemic transcriptions are denoted by slash brackets                 /kæktɪs/
 * Native phonemic transcriptions are denoted by angle quotes         «cactis»
 * Italic front style denotes native words                                          cacto
 * Boldface denotes English approximations                                    cactus
 * Boldface also indicates the topic of a sentence in the article         Tense is determined by the following suffixes
 * Underlined letters indicate suffixes being demonstrated                 tú com erías  el cacto
 * Bold letters also indicate emphasis                                             don't complain, you ate the cactus.

Orthographical Inconsistencies
Salton's alphabet is not entirely phonemic; the following table defines the inconsistencies in the orthography. These situations are listed in order of decreasing priority, i.e. when more than one of these situations applies, only the one listed first occurs. Sometimes, when there is more than one way of representing a phoneme, one method is favored over another. This is illustrated below.
 * /s/ is represented by «z» in the final position
 * /ai/ is represented by «i» in the initial position and «ai» in the final position
 * /ʊ/ is represented by «a» in the unstressed final position