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Mohegan Alphabet
See the letter, try to make the sound. See if you're correct.
| symbol | sound |
|---|---|
| a | <o> in pot or rot: |
| á | <a> in father: alternate symbol, "a:" |
| c | (ch+j) similar to the <c> in cello or the /ti/ in question |
| h | /h/ in ahead, ahoy |
| i | /ee/ in knee, keep |
| k | (k+g) similar to the /k/ in skill or ski |
| m | /m/ in mad or ham |
| n | /n/ in no or run |
| o | /oo/ in boot or root or the /u/ in flute and clue |
| ô | /aun/ in raunchy or the /om/ in bomb. This is a nasal sound. Alternate symbol: 8 |
| p | (p+b) similar (but with a b sound) to the /p/ in spy and superb or the middle /b/ in suburb. |
| q | /q/ in squint and equip |
| s | /s/ in sew and kiss (and sometimes like /s/ in nasal) |
| sh | /sh/ in show and wash |
| t | (t+d) similar to the /t/ in still or stay |
| u | /u/ in cut or pup |
| w | /w/ in walk or way |
| y | /y/ in yawn or yet |
| ay and áy | /ie/ in pie |
| aw | /aw/ or /ow/ in out or /aw/ in haughty |
| áw | /ou/ in foul |
| uw | /o/ in tomato |
| uy | /uy/ in buy |