Lesson 3: Pronunciation
Welcome to Lesson 3 for learning Unilange. This is you're first lesson that's not a primer. In this lesson, you will be shown some vocabulary words and then how you can use them to form sentences (jut like in the last lessons). In this lesson though, we will formally teach the pronunciation of Unilange.
Vocabulary | Wértscha
Nouns | Nænaé
Verbs | Verbaé
Avèr | To have
Pronounced: ah-FAIR
Éscribèr | To Write
Pronounced: ay-SCREE-BEAR
Grammar | Gram
Starting in Lesson 3, we add a new section to each lesson, called "Grammar". In this section we formally teach grammatical rules, so you can form your own sentences (instead of only memorizing the ones that we give you). In this lesson, the grammar (if you even can call it grammar) is very simple. It's only how to pronounce the letters in Unilange. Please note, the table below will not show up correctly on a mobile phone, unless you click "view full site" on our mobile site.
Pronounciation Table | Mésa vé pronunçion
A
Å
Ä
Æ
B
C
Ç
Д
D
E
É
È
Ê
G
H
I
Î
Ï
K
L
M
N
Ñ
O
Ö
Ø
P
R
S
ß
T
U
Ü
V
W
Щ
Y
Ÿ
Z
Å
Ä
Æ
B
C
Ç
Д
D
E
É
È
Ê
G
H
I
Î
Ï
K
L
M
N
Ñ
O
Ö
Ø
P
R
S
ß
T
U
Ü
V
W
Щ
Y
Ÿ
Z
ah (as in father)
aw (as in paw)
a sound (as in sat)
ow (as in cow)
regular english b sound
always a hard c sound (as in cat)
regular english soft c sound (as in cite)
regular english d sound (as in duck)
guttural dr sound (as in drill)
er sound (as in happier)
ay as in (pay)
eh (as in pet)
ay as in (pay)
always hard g sound (as in goat)
regular english h sound
ee (as in heat)
ih (as in ignite)
eye (as in I)
regular english k sound
regular english l sound
regular english m sound
regular english n sound
ny sound (as in the Spanish niño)
long english o sound (as in no)
Oy (as in boy)
er sound (as in worm)
regular english p sound
regular english r sound
z sound (as in zoo)
long s sound (as in grass)
regular english t sound
short u sound (as in umbrella)
deep u sound (as in the French "rue")
f sound (as in fox)
v sound (as in vote)
shch (comes from Russian, no english word with this sound)
ee sound (as in happy)
yuh sound (as in yoke)
ts sound (as in lots)
aw (as in paw)
a sound (as in sat)
ow (as in cow)
regular english b sound
always a hard c sound (as in cat)
regular english soft c sound (as in cite)
regular english d sound (as in duck)
guttural dr sound (as in drill)
er sound (as in happier)
ay as in (pay)
eh (as in pet)
ay as in (pay)
always hard g sound (as in goat)
regular english h sound
ee (as in heat)
ih (as in ignite)
eye (as in I)
regular english k sound
regular english l sound
regular english m sound
regular english n sound
ny sound (as in the Spanish niño)
long english o sound (as in no)
Oy (as in boy)
er sound (as in worm)
regular english p sound
regular english r sound
z sound (as in zoo)
long s sound (as in grass)
regular english t sound
short u sound (as in umbrella)
deep u sound (as in the French "rue")
f sound (as in fox)
v sound (as in vote)
shch (comes from Russian, no english word with this sound)
ee sound (as in happy)
yuh sound (as in yoke)
ts sound (as in lots)
Did you notice a few things missing? In Unilange, the letters F, J, Q, and X don't exist. So, there are absolutely no words in Unilange that contain those letters. There are also a few letters (and forms of letters) that are in Unilange which aren't in English (so, even though it is missing those four english letters, it actually has more letters than English does). This is because Unilange was not built specifically for native english speakers, but was built for the world. So, during its creation, we took a few letters from other languages, to represent sounds from that language.
Producing Sentences | Frèsaé prodüçèr
Дé mèna avèr dü papia. | The man has some paper.
(day MEN-ah ahf-air doo pop PEA yah)
Дé fra éscribèr mît дé cra. | The woman writes with the pencil.
(day FRA ay-scree-BEAR mit day CRA)
Il y avèr дé küla ê дé goma. | There are the pen and the eraser.
(eely AH-fair day kew-lah eh day gom-ah)
(day MEN-ah ahf-air doo pop PEA yah)
Дé fra éscribèr mît дé cra. | The woman writes with the pencil.
(day FRA ay-scree-BEAR mit day CRA)
Il y avèr дé küla ê дé goma. | There are the pen and the eraser.
(eely AH-fair day kew-lah eh day gom-ah)
Are you ready for Lesson 4?
To move on to Lesson 4, you do not need to completely memorize this entire table. Just read through it a few times and try to replicate the sounds for yourself. In the next lesson, we still use phonetic transcriptions (the thing under the words that tells you how to say them). We will always use that for vocabulary words throughout this course. Remember: this table may look daunting now but, after a little practice, you'll know it like the back of your hand.