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Arapaho Alphabet
Learning the Consonants
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| B | It is like the English “b” as in “bet”. It is less voiced then the English “b” at the beginning and in the middle of words, but like a “p” at the end. |
| C | It has a “ch” sound as in “church”, Sounds like English “J” and “ch”. More like the “J” at the beginning of words. |
| H | It has the same sound as the English “h”. |
| K | It has the “g” sound as in “get”. It is a blend of “k” and “g”, but more like the “g” at the beginning of words and more like the “k” at the end. |
| N | It has the same sound as the English “n”. |
| S | It is the same sound as the English “s”, but never like “z” as in trees. |
| 3 | It is the symbol for the “th” sound as “three”, “bath” and “thin”. But never like the “th” sound as in “the or that”. |
| T | It has the English “D” sound as in “dot”, at the beginning of words and blown “t” elsewhere. |
| W | It is same as the English “w”. |
| Y | It is the same as the English “Y”. |
| '(stop) | It is the symbol for the sound or breath which is cut off suddenly. |
| X | Sound of the throat. |