How to read Lishese/Voha Lisheeza diira'o.

The vowels in Lishese are very straight forward. There are no silent letters, although there are some "reduced" letters.

Here are the vowels:

A.........AE (as in Cat)

E.........EH (as in Men)

I.........IH (as in Hit)

O.........OW (as in Now)

U.........ou (as in Could)

AA........AH (as in Hot)

EE........EHEE(as in Bait)

II........EE(as in See)

OO........OH(as in Bone)

UU........OO(as in Moon )


Notes on accenting syllables:

The loudest part of a word is the syllable that contains a double vowel. If there are more than one double vowel in the word,then the last double vowel syllable is accented.

Make possitive identification with apostrophes between letters. There MUST be a pause between letters of this type.

This is a quick guide to the consonants:


V........(AS IN VASE)
C........(AS IN CHASE)
D........(AS IN DOG)
F........(AS IN FAN)
G........(AS IN GEM)
H........(AS IN HOT)
J........(AS SU IN MEASURE)
K........(AS IN KILL)
L........(AS IN FILL)
M........(AS IN MOON)
N........(AS NG IN SING)
P........(AS IN PAN)
Q........(AS KW IN KWAN)
R........(R IN ROD)
RR.......(TRILLED R)
S........(S IN HISS)
SS.......(SH IN SHARP)
T........(T IN TOP)
TT.......(TH IN THIN)
V........(V IN VASE)
W........(WH IN WHAT)
X........(SK IN SKIN)
Y........(Y IN YELL)
Z........(Z IN ZORO)

Apostrophied pauses are used with consonants also. Please remember to use " ' "s as though they were stop signs, before proceeding with rest of word.

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