Rumritch/Orthography

The Rumritch orthography is the way in which Rumritch words are spelt and how their spelling corresponds with their pronunciation.

Orthography

Vowels

Spelling		IPA	Example text	English approximate
a	stressed, á	[a]	ald, fránt	father
	unstressed, à	[ɑ]	klaus, hàndredt	spa
	ah	[aː]	Wahrf	father but longer
	â	[ɑ]		spa
	âh	[ɑː]
	aa, ä	[aː]		father but longer
	å	[ɐ]		roughly like under
	åh	[ɐː]
	ă	[ə]		but
e	stressed	[e]		play
	unstressed	[ɛ]		bet
	ê	[ɛ]		bet
	é	[e]		play
	ee, ë	[eː]		play but longer
	eu	[ɯ]
i	i	[i]
	î	[ɨ]
	ï, ii	[iː]
o	stressed, ó	[o]
	unstressed, ò	[ɔ]		law
	oe	[œ]
	ô	[ø]
	oo, ö	[oː]
u	anywhere	[u]		tube
	û	[ʉ]		Australian English goose
	uu, ü	[uː]		tube but longer
	ů	[y]		No English equivalent; rounded /i/
y	as a vowel	[i]
	as consonant	[j]		yes

Consonants

Spelling		IPA	Example text	English approximate
b,bb	everywhere	[b]	bal; bekt	balloon
c	before  e, i, or y	[θ]	centchuri	thief
	elsewhere	[k]		core
cc	before  e, i, or y	[ks]		access
	elsewhere	[k]		acclaim
ch	intial, medial	[ɕ], [tʃ]		chief
	final Greek-derived words	[χ]
d, dd	everywhere	[d]
dch	everywhere	[dʑ]
dy	everywhere	[ɟ]
f, ff	everywhere	[f]
g	before  e, i, or y	[ʒ]
	elsewhere	[g]
gh	everywhere	[g]
h	everywhere	[h]
j	usually	[dʒ]
	other	[j]
k, kk	everywhere	[k]
l, ll	everywhere	[l]
ly	everywhere	[ʎ]
m, mm	everywhere	[m]
n, nn	everywhere	[n]
ng	before  e, i, or y	[ndʒ]
	elsewhere	[ŋ]
ngh	everywhere	[ŋ]
ny	everywhere	[ɲ]
p	anywhere	[p]
(p)ph	anywhere	[f]
q	not before u	[k]
r	everywhere	[ɾ]
s	usually	[s]
	before a voiced consonanat (/l/,/m/, /d/, etc.)	[z]
sch	everywhere	[ʃ]
sk	everywhere	[sk]
t, tt	everywhere	[t]
tch		[tʃ], [tɕ]
ts		[ts]
ty	everywhere	[c]
v	always	[v] [β] (in some dialects)
w	always	[w]
x	usually	[ks]
	voiced	[gz]
	intially	[ks], [s]
	before i (and not ii)	[kʃ]
y	as a consonant	[j]
	as a vowel	[i]
z	everywhere	[z]