The tables below illustrate the Salákian alphabet and pronunciation thereof.
Salákian Latin alphabet
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G (GU) | H | I | K (KU) | L | M | N | O | P | R | S (SH, SU) | T | U | KS | Z |
Salákian Latin IPA
Consonants
| Letter(s) | Environment | IPA | Native | English | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phonemic notation | Phonetic notation | ||||
| b | in all cases | /b/ | b | bellum | bean |
| c1, † | in all cases | /ch/ | tʃ | ciao | chin |
| d | in all cases | /d/ | d | dekem | deck |
| f | in all cases | /f/ | f | fakio | fan |
| g | in most cases | /g/ | g | gravis | gear |
| before /n/† | [ŋ] | ignis | igneous | ||
| gu1 | before a vowel | /gᶣ/ | gw | guardia | Gwen |
| h | in all cases | /h/ | h | habeo | her |
| i | in all cases | /j/ | j | iús | yodel |
| k | unaspirated | /k/ | k | kaput | scar |
| aspirated2 | /kʰ/ | kh | karta | car | |
| ku | digraph | /kᶣ/ | kw | kuí (nom.) | quest |
| l | in most cases | /l/ | l | loka | leave |
| doubled‡ | [ɫ] | multa | all | ||
| m | in all cases | /m/ | m | manus | man |
| n | in all cases | /n/ | n | noster | next |
| p | unaspirated | /p/ | p | paks | span |
| aspirated2 | /pʰ/ | [ph] | paretra | par | |
| r | in most cases | /r/ | r | drakó | dragon |
| word-initially after /g, n, s/† |
ʀ | regio | run | ||
| s | in all cases | /s/ | s | sum | send |
| sh1, † | in all cases | /sh/ | ʃ | fasce | shy |
| su | digraph | /sᶣ/ | sw | Suétónia | swear |
| t | unaspirated | /t/ | t | tabula | Stan |
| aspirated2 | /tʰ/ | [th] | talama | tar | |
| u | in all cases | /w/ | w | uerbum | west |
| ks | in all cases | /ks/ | ks | niks | ox |
| z2 | in all cases | /z/ | z | zélus | zest |
Notes to the table above
- The affricate /ch/, labialized /gᶣ/, and sibilant /sh/ are Italian derivations.
- The aspirated consonants (/kʰ, pʰ, and tʰ/) and fricative /z/ are Greek derivations.
Vowels∞
| Letter | IPA | Salákian | English | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phonemic notation | Phonetic notation | |||
| a | /a/ | a | anima | hat Received Pronunciation (RP) |
| á | /aː/ | aː | áker | father |
| e | /e/ | ɛ | est | met |
| é | /eː/ | ɛː | élektus | made |
| i | /i/ | ɪ | inkipit | mit |
| í | /iː/ | ɪː | íra | meet |
| o | /o/ | ɔ | omnis | lot (RP) |
| ó | /oː/ | ɔː | daemón | code |
| u | /u/ | ʊ | urbs | put |
| ú | /uː/ | ʊː | lúna | moon |
| ae | /ae̯/ | [aɛ̯] | aetás | eye |
| au | /au̯/ | [aʊ̯] | aurum | ow |
| eu | /eu̯/ | [ɛʊ̯] | seu | eh-oo |
| oe | /oe̯/ | [ɔɛ̯] | poena | boy |
| ui | /ui̯/ | [ʊɪ̯] | kui (dat.) | oo-ee |
| V before word-final (m) V+n before (f) or (s) |
/long vowel/ | [◌̃ː] | monstrum | |
Prosody
| IPA | Examples | Info |
|---|---|---|
| ˈ≠ | Gāius /ˈɡa.i.us/ |
Placed before the stressed syllable. |
| .+ | Syllable marker, generally between vowels in hiatus |
Notes to the tables above regarding Furcadia character descriptions
† This phonetic notation echoes the phonemic notation.
‡ This appears as [ll].
∞ A short monopthong matches its alphabetical transcription; a long standard monopthong matches its short counterpart's alphabetical transcription with a trailing colon (:); a long nasal monopthong matches its short counterpart's alphabetical transcription with a trailing semicolon (;); and a diphthong matches its alphabetical transcription with a trailing comma (,).
≠ Appears as a full stop (.)
+ Appears as an apostrophe (').
Stress
To determine stress, consider the final syllable as extra metric; then place the accent on the syllable with the penult metric mora. For example:
Konditum ("founded") <ko•n—di—tum> ['kɔn.dɪ.tʊ̃ː]
Kondítum ("seasoned") <ko•n—di•i—tum> [kɔn'dɪː.tʊ̃ː]
Konduktum ("brought together") <ko•n—du•k—tum> [kɔn'dʊk.tʊ̃ː]