Alphabet and Pronunciation

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Alphabet

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The Dasopya alphabet consists of 18 letters (5 vowels, 13 consonants):
A B D E G H I K L M N O P S T U W Y

Their names are as follows:
An oBa oDa En oGa oHa In oKe oLe oMa oNe On oPe oSa oTe Un oWa oYa

If you wanted to spell out a word or abbreviation like "TY" when speaking, you can drop the beginning O's for consonants after the first one: "oTe-Ya."

While they're not used in Dasopya, you can also refer to the other letters:
C - oTya
F - oPya
J - oDya
Q - oKwa
R - oLay
V - oBye
X - oSwi
Z - oSye

Pronunciation

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Every letter is always pronounced exactly the same regardless of context.

For those that know the IPA, every letter corresponds with their IPA equivalent except for Y, which is pronounced /j/. For those that don't know the IPA, here are some English words that can be used as reference:

• A like in "father"
• B like in "boy"
• D like in "dip"
• E like in "let"
• G like in "good" (never like in "gem")
• H like in "hole"
• I like in "ski"
• K like in "kite"
• L like in "log"
• M like in "map"
• N like in "nine"
• O like in "more"
• P like in "peace"
• S like in "sit" (never like in "pause")
• T like in "time"
• U like in "flu"
• W like in "win"
• Y like in "yes"

W and Y are primarily used as glides, and should not be emphasized when used as one. For example, "kaw" is pronounced exactly like the English word "cow," and "pey" like the word "pay."

Every word in Dasopya is stressed on the last syllable, which can help separate words in speech. Think of the difference between the English words "below" (pronounced be-LOW) and "bellow" (pronounced BE-low) -- the first one has the tonic stress on the last syllable.