letter
IPA
example
letter
IPA
example
b
b
bee
a
a
father
C
tʃ
church
A
æ
cat
d
d
do
e
e / eɪ
say
D
ð
this
E
ɛ
get
f
f
fee
i
i
he
g
g
go
I
ɪ
hit
h
h
he
o
o / oʊ
go
H
ʔ
uh-oh
O
ɔ
caught
j
j
yell
u
u
boot
J
dʒ
jump
U
ʊ
book
k
k
kin
V
ʌ
cup
l
l
lee
W
aʊ
how
m
m
me
x
ə˞
her
n
n
no
X
ə
about
N
ŋ
sing
y
ɑɪ
sigh
p
p
pow
Y
ɔɪ
boy
r
ɹ
row
R
ɾ
butter
Ar
ɑr
mark
s
s
so
Er
ɛr
hair
S
ʃ
she
Ir
ɪr
hear
t
t
to
ju
ju
music
T
θ
thin
Or
ɔr
or
v
v
vee
Ur
ʊr
moore
w
w
won
z
z
zee
Z
ʒ
treasure
For these examples, the dash (-) shows where the system will separate the letters into Gallifreyan symbols.
V = Vowel; C = Consonant
English has 6 basic syllable types: closed (C)VC, vowel-consonant-e VCe, vowel teams (C)VV(C), r-controlled Vr, consonant + le VCle, and open (C)V. Closed and vowel-consonant-e are the same, since this system is phoneme-based and the silent e will not matter. Vowel teams also do not matter in a phoneme-based sytem, becoming either closed or open syllbles.
The system will use the following rules for vowel placement. If manual separation of syllables is required, use a dash (-) to separate the symbols.