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Limciela uses the following letter of the Roman alphabet:
a b c d e f g h i l m n o p r s t u v x
Pronunciation
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Letters |
Pronunciation |
Example |
Meaning |
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a |
/a/ as in bat |
arvor /arvor/ |
tree |
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b |
/b/ as in bat |
benir /benir/ |
to come |
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c |
/k/ as in cat |
com /ko~/ |
as |
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ci |
/ch/ as in church |
ciel /chel/ |
sky |
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ic (at end of word, or before consonant) |
/ch/ as in church |
duic /duch/ |
lead |
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d |
/d/ as in Sp. dos |
dom /do~/ |
house |
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di |
/z/ as in zoo |
cotidian /kotizan/ |
newspaper |
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id (at end of word or before consonant) |
/z/ as in jazz |
hoid /oz/ |
today |
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e |
/e/ as in get |
spem /spe~/ |
hope |
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f |
/f/ as in fish |
facier /facher/ |
to do |
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g |
/g/ as in get |
grand /grand/ |
big |
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gi |
/z/ as in zoo |
magia /maza/ |
magic |
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h |
silent |
ha /a/ |
he has |
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i |
/i/ as in see |
faicil /fachil/ |
easy |
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l |
/l/ as in look |
lup /lup/ |
wolf |
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m |
/m/ |
mund |
world |
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m (after a vowel) |
/~/ nasalises preceeding vowel |
som /so~/ |
I am |
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n |
/n/ as in not |
nom /no~/ |
no, not |
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in |
/ny/ palatised n (followed by light y sound) |
rein /reny/ |
kingdom |
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o |
/o/ as in not |
soror /soror/ |
sister |
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p |
/p/ as in Sp. pan |
pam /pa~/ |
bread |
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r |
/r/ as in Sp. rosa |
rider /rider/ |
to laugh |
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ir |
/ry/ palatised r (followed by light y sound) |
gloir /glory/ |
glory |
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s |
/s/ as in sit |
sic /sik/ |
yes |
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t |
/t/ as in Sp. todo |
tu /tu/ |
you |
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u |
/u/ as in rule |
luna /luna/ |
moon |
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u (after a vowel) |
/w/ as in now |
aua /awa/ |
grandmother |
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v |
/v/ |
vever /vever/ |
to drink |
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x |
/sh/ as in ship |
rex /resh/ |
king |
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Stress And Accents
Stress:
Words are usually streesed on the penultimate syllable. Any exceptions to this are indicated with an acute accent (see below).
Accents:
Limciela uses two accents, namely the acute and the grave.
The acute accent (represented by a vowel in bold type on this site) is used to indicate the stress in a word when it does not fall on the penultimate syllable
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Limciela |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
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haver |
/aver/ |
to have |
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bolonta |
/bolonta/ |
will |
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denin |
/denin/ |
from |
The grave accent (represented by a vowel in italic type on this site) has three functions.
1) to indicate that the accented vowel i when combined with c or g is pronounced
2) on vowels preceeding the letter m to indicate that the m is to be pronounced /m/ rather than nasalising the vowel
3) to differentiate two words with the same spelling but with different meanings
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Limciela |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
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bic |
/bich/ |
glass |
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di |
/di/ |
day |
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amic |
/amik/ |
friend |
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amar |
/amar/ |
to love |
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paic |
/pach/ |
four |
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paic |
/pach/ |
father |
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tu |
/tu/ |
you |
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tu |
/tu/ |
your |
