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Adûnaic Phonetics

Here are the rules of Adûnaic phonetics as described by Tolkien.

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Neo-Adûnaic Stress

Pronunciation

Neo-adunaic Consonants and Vowels:

base-continuants:

nasals:

sibilants:

voiced-stops:

voiceless spirants:

voiceless-stops:

vowels: [a] + [ê] + [i] + [ô] + [û]

diphthongs: [âi] + [âu] + [êi] + [êu] + [ôi] + [ôu]

Phonetic Rules

Voiced/Unvoiced dualities: [b/p] + [d/t] + [z/s] + [g/k]

Voiced/Unvoiced dualities (Missing Voiced): [PH] + [TH]