Əlura uses only soft sounds in the English IPA, so harsh or sharp phonemes are completely avoided.
It also comes with its own special writing system.
This language also uses a different word order for phrases.
So, instead of SVO (Subject-Verb-Object) in English, Əlura uses OSV (Object-Subject-Verb).
This language has 17 consonants:
- ð, d͡ʒ, f, j, l, m, n, ŋ, ɹ, s, ʃ, ʒ, t͡ʃ, θ, v, w, z
And 10 vowels:
- ɑ, æ, ɛ, i, ɪ, ɔ, u, ʌ, ʊ, ə
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Palato-alveolar | Velar | Labial-velar | Palatal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
| Fricative | f, v | θ, ð | s, z | ʃ, ʒ | ||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ | |||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | w | j | |||||
| Lateral Approximant | l |
- /ð/ as in this
- /d͡ʒ/ as in judge
- /f/ as in fish
- /j/ as in yes
- /l/ as in light
- /m/ as in man
- /n/ as in no
- /ŋ/ as in sing
- /ɹ/ as in red
- /s/ as in see
- /ʃ/ as in she
- /ʒ/ as in measure
- /t͡ʃ/ as in church
- /θ/ as in think
- /v/ as in van
- /w/ as in we
- /z/ as in zoo
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Near-high | ɪ | ʊ | |
| Mid | ə | ||
| Low-mid | ɛ | ʌ, ɔ | |
| Near-low | æ | ||
| Low | ɑ |
- /ɑ/ as in father
- /æ/ as in cat
- /ɛ/ as in bed
- /i/ as in see
- /ɪ/ as in bit
- /ɔ/ as in thought
- /u/ as in blue
- /ʌ/ as in cup
- /ʊ/ as in book
- /ə/ as in sofa
To hear how each letter sounds, check out ipachart.com.
The macron (-) is used to link two words together, just like the apostrophe (') in English.