Alphabet20 letters
Twenty letters, twenty sounds.
Amadunia uses the Latin alphabet without accents or digraphs. A letter is read the same way wherever it appears, so a written word has exactly one pronunciation and a spoken word has exactly one spelling. Syllables stay simple: never more than two consonants in a row.
a/a/
b/b/
c/tʃ/
d/d/
e/e/
f/f/
g/g/
h/h/
i/i/
k/k/
l/l/
m/m/
n/n/
o/o/
p/p/
r/r/
s/s/
t/t/
u/u/
y/j/
Vowels5
Vowels
Pure vowels, no diphthongs. Length does not change meaning.
| Letter | Sound | As in | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | /a/ | father | ama — to love |
| e | /e/ | bed | des — ten |
| i | /i/ | machine | mi — I |
| o | /o/ | more | sol — sun |
| u | /u/ | flute | dunia — world |
Consonants15
Consonants
Chosen for how widely they are shared across the world's languages, not for how many distinctions they can draw. c is always the sound ofchai and church, never k, never s; y is always a consonant glide, never a vowel.
| Letter | Sound | As in | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| b | /b/ | boat | bai — goodbye |
| c | /tʃ/ | church, chai | ca — tea |
| d | /d/ | day | din — day |
| f | /f/ | find | fai — five |
| g | /g/ | good | go — to go |
| h | /h/ | house | hao — good |
| k | /k/ | kite | kita — we |
| l | /l/ | lake | luma — light |
| m | /m/ | moon | mama — mother |
| n | /n/ | name | nama — name |
| p | /p/ | pen | pan — bread |
| r | /r/ | Spanish pero | rafiki — friend |
| s | /s/ | sun | salam — peace |
| t | /t/ | time | tri — three |
| y | /j/ | yes | ya — yes |