Viteberger

Alphabet and Pronunciation - Tékenrol ok Utal
Viteberger uses an alphabet similar to English, but missing the letters c, j, q, w, x, and z. The letters ä and ö are added, following a and o respectively on the alphabet order. The vowels marked with diacritic accents, á, é, í, ó, and ú are not considered separate letters in the alphabet but just a variation of the original vowels because all they do is mark the stressed syllable (or syllables) of a word.

On foreign words and names the letters c, j, q, w, x, and z are used, but not in any Viteberger words.

 = [a] = a – on the vast majority of words it is pronounced short, like a in the Spanish casa, on a few rare words it is pronounced long, as the letter a in the English far.

<ä> = [ɛː] = ä – pronounced similar to the ai in fair, the same as a German ä.

 = [b] - b – pronounced the same as in English.

 = [d] - d – same as English.

 = [ɛ] - e – pronounced as the e in deck, never as the e in deep.

 = [f] - f – same as in English.

 = [g] - g – always pronounced as the g in game with all vowels, never as the g in gesture.

<h> = [h] - h – same as in English.

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