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ภาษาไทย – 2015-10-01

Thai alphabet – )อักษรไทย([ʔàksɔ̌ːn tʰāj]

I’ll be posting detailed information about the letters of the Thai alphabet, five letters each time.

 

ก ไก่ ko kài chicken k k [k] [k̚] mid
ข ไข่ kho khài egg kh k [kʰ] [k̚] high
ฃ ขวด kho khuat bottle (obsolete) kh k [kʰ] [k̚] high
ค ควาย kho khwaai buffalo kh k [kʰ] [k̚] low
ฅ คน kho khon person (obsolete) kh k [kʰ] [k̚] low

Slovak – Slovenčina

OK, I’ve got to take a start in Slovak, there is no point in holding it back (there is the whole Telugu-plus-Faroese-plus-other-languages-at-the-same-time thing, but, anyway…)

Starting with the alphabet & pronunciation:

grapheme IPA
a a
á
ä ɛ, æ
b b
c t͡s
č t͡ʃ
d d
ď ɟ
dz d͡z
d͡ʒ
e e
é
f f
g ɡ
h ɦ
ch x
i ɪ
í
j j
k k
l l, l̩
ĺ l̩ː
ľ ʎ
m m
n n
ň ɲ
o ɔ
ó ɔː
ô u̯ɔ
p p
q kv
r r, r̩
ŕ r̩ː
s s
š ʃ, ʂ
t t
ť c, tʲ
u u
ú
v v
w v
x ks
y ɪ
ý
z z
ž ʒ, ʐ

 

And words are stressed on the first syllable. 🙂

 

Slovenčina

Shqip – 2014-01-14

Reviewing Albanian pronunciation…
Vowels are:

a [a]
e [ɛ]
i [i]
o [ɔ]
u [u]
y [y]
ë [ə] or silent

Consonants m, n, p, b, t, d, k, g, f, v, s, z, h have common Latin values.

nj [ɲ]
ng [ŋ]
q [c]
gj [ɟ]
c [ts]
x [dz]
ç [tʃ]
xh [dʒ]
th [θ]
dh [ð]
sh [ʃ]
zh [ʒ]
j [j]

I’m in doubt about , it is indicated everywhere as a trill or tap, i.e., as in Italian or Spanish, but I’ve heard it pronounced as an English or American retroflex r in a few videos.