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Neo-Adûnaic Pronunciation

Several tables each divided into three columns, the first showing the Adûnaic letters themselves, the second its equivalent Phonetic Symbol, and lastly its closest real language equivalent (due bear in mind with that last one, that they may frequently be only approximations due to lack of direct equivalents in the real world).

Vowels

Adûnaic Orthography	Phonetic Symbol	Real Language Equivalent	Audio File
I	[i]	keep
Î	[i:]	free
Ê	[ɛ:/e:]	let
A	[ɑ]	father
Â	[a:]	mamba
Ô/Ô	[ɔː/o:]	bone
U	[u]	hook
Û	[u:]	food

Diphthongs

Adûnaic Orthography	Phonetic Symbol	Real Language Equivalent	Audio File
ÂI	[a:i]	fly
ÂU	[a:u]	out
ÊI	[e:i]	weight
ÊU	[e:u]	deus
ÔI	[o:i]	toy

Consonants

Adûnaic Orthography	Phonetic Symbol	Real Language Equivalent	Audio File
B	[b]	barter
P	[p]	page
PH	[p^h]; later [f]	pharaoh
PPH	[pp^h]; later [ff]	fat
M	[m]	mama
D	[d]	adult
T	[t]	flat
TH	[t^h]; later [θ]	thin
TTH	[tt^h]; later [θθ]	thick
PTH	[pt^h]; later [fθ]	diphthong
N	[n]	net
K	[k]	flak
G	[g]	grenade
KH	[k^h]; later [x]	loch
KKH	[kk^h]; later [xx]	loch (but last part longer)
NG	[ŋg]	angry
W	[w]	water
L	[l]	later
R	[r]	carrot
H	[h]	high
S	[s]	sack
Z	[z]	blaze
Y	[j]	yacht

Earlier (and now unused) Diphthongs and Consonants

Adûnaic Orthography	Phonetic Symbol	Real Language Equivalent	Audio File
ÔU	[o:u]	boat
C	[c]	Low German kjoakj
J	[ɟ]	Turkish güneş
CH	[c^h]	(no known equivalent atm)
Ç	[m]	German nicht
Ʒ	[γ]	Flemish gaan