D'ni
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D'ni use a special language to communicate as well as to write books.

Written Alphabet[]

Below is the D'ni Alphabet in alphabetical order (the order below):

Dni Alphabetical Order

Sounds[]

The D'ni alphabet is comprised of 35 phonetic sounds. Each sound is represented by its own letter. Each letter has a specific way of being written, necessitated by the similarity of certain letters, although some non-standard ways have been attested. The letters are essentially calligraphed versions of the associated numerals. There are twenty-five base phonetic sounds, five stressed consonantal sounds, and five elongated vowel sounds. The sounds are:

Numeral Glyph IPA Pronunciation
0 ' ə a as in away
(after consonant)
ʔ Glottal stop
(after vowel)
1 v /v/ v as in very
b /b/ b as in ball
2 t /t/ t as in tall
3 s /s/ s as in salt
sh /ʃ/ sh as in cash
4 j /dʒ/ j as in jug
g /g/ g as in get
5 y /j/ y as in you
6 kh /x/ kh as in Scottish loch
k /k/ k as in kid
7 ah /ɑ/ ah as in father
i /aɪ/ i as in die
8 f /f/ f as in fight
p /p/ p as in pick
9 ih /ɪ/ ih as in fish
ee /i/ ee as in teeth
10 eh /ɛ/ eh as in fret
ay /eɪ/ ay as in ray
11 r /ɹ/ r as in race
12 m /m/ m as in meat
13 th /θ/ th as in thumb
14 dh /ð/ th as in this
d /d/ d as in dog
15 h /h/ h as in horse
16 o /oʊ/ o as in home
oy /ɔɪ/ oy as in toy
17 ch /tʃ/ ch as in chew
18 w /w/ w as in well
19 uh /ə/ uh as in cut
oo /u/ oo as in moo
20 ts /ts/ ts as in tsetse
21 l /l/ l as in lay
l2
22 a /æ/ a as in hand
23 z /z/ z as in zip
z2
24 n /n/ n as in new
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