Letter
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Symbol
- International Phonetic Alphabet
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Explanatory Notes
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| Ç
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Pronounced like "ch" in "chin". |
| C
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Pronounced like
the "j" in "jam". |
| G
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It is always pronounced like the "g" in "go". |
| ð
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The "G" with an accent, this letter isn't usually pronounced, but is used to lenghten the vowel preceding it. Sometimes it is softly pronounced like a "y". |
| H
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Pronounced like the "h" in "help". |
| I
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The "i" without a dot, this letter is pronounced with a sound between "i" and "e". |
| J
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This sound is equivalent to the "s" in "treasure" (English), or to the "j" in "bonjour" (French). |
| Ö
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It is pronounced like the "i" in "bird" (English), or like the "eu" in "feu" (French). |
| Þ
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The "S" with the tail, is pronounced like the "sh" in "short". |
| Ü
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Pronounced like the "u" in "mur" (French). You put your mouth as if you were going to pronounce "u" but you say "i". |
