TN 1888 Vowel Sounds

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A as a in father or short as a in rival

E as a in hate, or short as e in met

I as i in pique or short as i in pin

O almost as o in note but more as approaching to aw in law

U as oo in moon, or short as u in pull

V vowel of u but NASALIZED and sounding somewhat like u in but

CONSONANT SOUNDS:

G -- is sounded HARD and as approaching to the K sound;

when placed before vowels such as e, i, u and v, its sound does become a hard K sound

the consonant D has a cross sound between the English d and the English t sounds.

It is not pronounced as either but is more of both.

ALL OTHER CONSONANTS sound like the English sounds.

Syllables begiining with G except for the Syllable GA, have SOMETIMES the power of K-- syllables written tith tl- except for the TLA- are a T/D sound closer to the DL sound which is neither D nor T.