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Consonants
Slohniesya has a relatively large collection of consonants. They are divided into two distinct groups: hard & soft. Soft consonants are mostly palatalised versions of hard consonants but there are also exceptions. Softening is marked with letters y, i & e. With letter y only the consonant is pronounced. With i & e also the vowel is pronounced. If one wants the write "se" so that it wouldn't become "ʂe", one must write is with an accent marker, sé. If one wants to write the sound "ʂa", one must write "sya". Writing the sound "ɕeu" is done by writing "seu". To write "ɕia" one must write "seía" by using accent marker to indicate the first vowel sound. With letters already containing a grave mark (ex. ì) one must use the circumflex (î) instead.

IPA: p, pʲ, b, bʲ, t, tʲ, θ, d, dʲ, ð, s, ʂ, ɕ

Latin: p, py, b, by, t, ty, ti, d, dy, di, s, sy, se

Examples:

ɕalsa = seálsa

tʲø:røk = tyòòròc

θø'selnik = tiôsélnic

Vowels
- Slohniesya has also relatively many vowel sounds. They are divided into three groups: (ɑ, o, u, ʉ)(i, e, [ə])(æ, ø, y, ɨ). Vowels in groups 1 & 3 can't be in the same word. Vowels in the group 2 can be in any word. Sound o appears only in diphthong uo.

ɑ, u, ʉ, i, e [ə] æ, ø, y, ɨ - uo

a, u, ù, i, e, -, è, ò, ì, à - o

- Schwa appears only in certain situations. These are:

1. Consonants functioning as a vowel in a consonant cluster of three or more consonants (srso = sərsuo)

2. Unstressed prepositions

3. Between two same or similar consonant sounds at the border of two words (sol liecasy = suol ə ʎiekɑʂ)

- Long vowels are written by doubling the letter.