Vowels

ä is pronounced like the u in but [‘]

a is pronounced like the a in father [a/Y]

å is pronounced like the a in hat [æ]

ë sounds somewhat like the ay is say, but is a pure vowel, as in French [e]

e is pronounced like the e in met [“]

ï is pronounced like the i in mint [I]

i is pronounced like the ee in see, but is shorter than it’s English counterpart [i]

ı is a very hard sound to pronounce; it is formed by placing the mouth in an “ee” position, but instead making the “oo” sound; this sound occurs in Turkish as /ı/ [¡]

ö is pronounced like the aw in saw  [‹]

o is pronounced like the o in no, but is shorter than it’s English counterpart [o]

ü is pronounced as the oo in book [ª]

u is pronounced as the oo in moon [u]

ÿ is a very hard sound to pronounce; it is formed by placing the mouth in an “oo” position, but instead making the “ee” sound; this sound is the French /u/ [y]

Diphthongs

ao sounds like /a/ and /o/ put together [Yo]

aü sounds like the ow in bow  [aª]

ay sounds like the i in ice [ai/ay]

ëy sounds like the ay in may [ei/ey]

öy sounds like the oy in toy [‹i/‹y]

ñ serves to nasalize the preceding vowel [~]

Consonants and Affricatives

b sounds like the b in best; in some dialects it sounds more like /v/ [b, ¼]

c sounds like the sh in shop [©]

č sounds remotely like “shy,” but the tongue is touching the lower teeth [^]

ç sounds like the ch in chat [t©]

d sounds like the d in death, but the tip of the tongue touches the front teeth; when a “dd” occurs, the tongue touches the roof of the mouth, as in Hindi [d]

đ sounds like the th in then [„]

f sounds like the f in farm [f]

g sounds like the g in great [g]

È sounds somewhat like the French R; it is closer to the Arabic sound /gh/; to pronounce it, make a sound similar to gargling [—/“]

ġ is the glottal stop and sounds somewhat like the catch in uh-oh [°]

h sounds like the h in hand; when following a stop consonant, it aspirates it; Aryezi has 5 such combinations: dh, gh, kh, ph, and th [h]

ħ is a harsh version of /h/ that is make a bit higher in the throat than /h/; it sounds somewhat like a deep grumbling; this sound is found in Arabic and Hebrew [†/¨]

j sounds like the s in vision; it is the French /j/ [¯]

k sounds like the k in skiing [k]

l sounds like the l in love [l]

ly sounds like the lli in million [�]

ļsounds like an l sticking out of your tongue

Ó sometimes known as the “dark l” sounds like an /l/ further back in the mouth; the English word milk is sometimes said like this [L]

m sounds like the m in mother [m]

n sounds like the n in never, but the tip of the tongue touches the front teeth; when an “nn” occurs, the tongue touches the roof of the mouth, as in Hindi [n]

ny sounds like the ny in canyon […]

× sounds somewhat like the ng in song [ŋ]

p sounds like the p in spot [p]

q sounds somewhat like a k all the way in the back of the mouth; this sound is found in Arabic [q/G]

r sounds like the /r/ in Spanish and Italian, a rolling r [r]

é sounds like the /r/ in French, a rolling r from the back of the mouth [R]

s sounds like the s in sane [s]

ş sounds like /t/ and /s/ put together, said in a single fast sound [ts]

t sounds like the t in stop, but the tip of the tongue touches the front teeth; when a “tt” occurs, the tongue touches the roof of the mouth, as in Hindi [t]

ţ sounds like the th in thin [q]

v sounds like the v in very [v]

w sounds like the w in water; it also labializes (adds w) to consonants, chief of which are kw and gw  [w]

x sounds like the ch in loch; it is somewhat like flowing /k/; this sound occurs in Russian, German (ch), Mongolian, Farsi, and Mongolian [x/X]

y sounds like the y in yes; it also palatalizes (adds y) to consonants [j]

z sounds like the z in zoo [z]

ž sounds like the English j, as in joke [d¯]

ż sounds like /d/ and /z/ put together, said fast as a single sound [dz]

Note: Some letters did not come properly because this site cannot support them. For example, some kind of weird E comes up where there is actually supposed to be a g with an accent.