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The language itself amongst Threadwielders is a selection of syllables, meaning that in combination with its audio-independent nature, technically the alphabet consists of syllabic ideograms. Since that would be a pain to note down, though, we'll use the quasi-latin transcription on this page and follow the commonplace pronunciations.
The quasi-latin transcription consists of all standard latin characters, plus the extra character s̈, which can be described as representing a “hollow 'sh'” (like taking /ʂ/ a step further away from /ʃ/) and minus x (the sound is represented by the digraph ks).
In other words:
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | s̈ | t | u | v | w | y | z |
Pronunciation notes:
- g is pronounced /ɢ/.
- h is pronounced /h/.
- i is pronounced /i/.
- j is pronounced /ɟ/.
- k is pronounced /q/.
- q is pronounced kw.
- u is pronounced /u/.
- w is pronounced /β̞ /.
- y serves a function both as a vowel and a consonant, as in English.
- As a vowel, it is pronounced /y/, or as the sequence ji in some dialects.
- As a consonant, it is used like the y in year.
Digraphs:
- kh, serving as the same sound as 'k', plus a modifier for the vowel that follows; 'kha' is pronounced akin to 'kah'.
- ks, pronounced as x would be in English.
- sh for /ʃ/.
- sz, serving as the same sound as 'z', plus a modifier for the vowel that follows; 'sza' is pronounced akin to 'zah').
Redundancies (i.e. letters or digraphs that exist for aesthetic purposes only):
- c is synonymous with k (@todo verify!)
- the digraph kw is synonymous with q
- the digraph ph is synonymous with f
- the digraph zh is synonymous with sz
- in the digraph qu, the u is silent (the letters as a true sequence would either be written as quu or (predominantly) q'u)
- in some dialects, the digraph ee may be pronounced as i.
Assume compatibility with most common English pronunciations unless otherwise noted.