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1. No silent letters

Spell every sound you pronounce and nothing more.

Examples:

Ter-uw-dahk-tl (Pterodactyl)
Er (Air)
Bayt (Bite)
Baht (Bat)
Weyn-een (waning)
Eyt (Ate)
Dat (Dot)
Wey (Way)
Buwt (Boat)
Nayf (Knife)

2. Double E pronounced as its name

Examples:

Meet (Meat)
See (See)
Khee-tu (Cheetah)
Do-tee (Duty)

3. Ph > F

Examples:

Fuwn (Phone)
El-ee-fent (Elephant)

4. C > K or S (based on pronunciation)

Examples:

Kaht (Cat)
Kher (Chair)
Sent (Cent)

5. X > K or Z (based on pronunciation)

x makes no sense in english so just follow #1 tbh

Examples:

Faks (Fox)
Ek-zakt (Exact)
Zay-lu-fuwn (Xylophone)

6. I > E or Ay (based on pronunciation)

Examples:

Ay (I)
El-es-it (Illicit)
Eg-lo (Igloo)

7. Q > Kw

Examples:

Kwen-see (Quincy)
Kweer-ee (Query)
Kwal-a-fay (Qualify)

8. Put a ‘-‘ inbeween each syllable

Examples:

Original:

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

English+

Du kwehk brawn faks jumpt uw-ver du ley-zee dag.

Pronunciation (based on IPA):

A = /a/
B = /b/
D = /d/
E = /e/
F = /f/
G = /g/
H = /h/
J = /dʒ/
K = /k/
L = /l/
M = /m/
N = /n/
O = /u/
P = /p/
R = /r/
S = /s/
T = /t/
U = /ʌ/
V = /v/
W = /w/
Y = /j/
Z = /z/
Th = /θ/
Kh = /tʃ/
Ah = /æ/
Ey = /eɪ/
Uw = /oʊ/
Ee = /i/
Ay = /aɪ/
Aw = /aʊ/
Ng = /ŋ/
Sh = /ʃ/
Er = /ɛr/
Ae = /ə/
Eh = /ɪ/

More translated stuff

Thro (Through)
Thuw (Though)
Tuf (Tough)
Thur-uw (Thorough)
Nay-jer (Niger)
Speyn (Spain)
Wel (Well)
Reyn-sum (Ransom)
Tel-ee-vesh-on (Television)

Hello my name is Jack, it is nice to meet you.
Hel-uw may neym es Jak, et es nahs tuw meet yo.

This is a very complex sentence.
Thes es ey ver-ee cam-pleks sen-tens.

Well look who it is.
Wel luk hew et es.

friends glossary
frens glas-aree

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