More Consonants

Here are some new consonants, all of which have sound shifts. The shifts shown here correspond to the Romanization guidelines, and there may be specific exceptions.

Letter Before a vowel Followed by consonant or
end of word
d as in day t as in toy
b as in boon p as in pan
Romanized as r,
closest to soft d in American water
l at the end of ill

The letter sounds like s as in sigh, except in the combination , which is pronounced like the English word she wherever it appears in a word.

At the end of a word, the letter sounds like t at the end of wet.

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