| phoneme | /i(ː)/ | /i/ | /e(ː)/ | /e/ | /æː/ | /æ/ | /y(ː)/ | /øː/ | /ø/ | /u(ː)/ | /u/ | /o(ː)/ | |
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| u.s. approximation | feeling | feeling | playdatee | playdatee | crabapple | crabapple | amusingy | fervorø | fervorø | bluetooth | bluetooth | lord | |
| general usage | i | i, e, æ | a, æ | æ, ę | e | y | ø, ö, œ | u | u, o | o | |||
| elder fuþark | ᛁ | ᛖ | —— | ᚢ | ᛟ | ||||||||
| anglo fuþorc | ᛁ, ᛇ | ᚫ | ᚣ | ᛟ | ᚩ | ||||||||
| old norse latin | i | e | æ | ę | y | œ | ø | u | o | ||||
| younger fuþark | ᛁ | ᛅ, ᚬ | ᚢ | ᚢ, ᚬ | |||||||||
| medieval runes | ᛁ | ᛅ | ᛂ | ᛅ | ᚤ, ᛦ | ᚯ | ᚢ | ᚮ | |||||
| phoneme | /æ(:)ɑ/ | /a(ː)/ | /ɑ(ː)/ | /ɑ/ | /ɒ(ː)/ | /ɑ̃(ː)/ | /æi/ | /ɒu/ | /ɐy/ | /øy/ | /i(:)o/?, /e(:)o/? | /Vː/ | |
| u.s. approximation | hacksaw | saga | frost | godawful | crawl | wrongn | happy | ballroom | bayouy | virtueø,y | week old, day old | —— | |
| general usage | ea | a | a, æ | ǫ, o, a | a | ei, ęi, æi | au | —— | ey, øy | io?, eo? | V, V́, VV | ||
| elder fuþark | —— | ᚨ | —— | V | |||||||||
| anglo fuþorc | ᛠ | —— | ᚪ | —— | ᛡ | ||||||||
| old norse latin | —— | a | ǫ | a | ei | au | —— | ey | —— | V́ | |||
| younger fuþark | —— | ᛅ | ᛅ, ᛅᚢ, ᚬ | ᚬ | —— | ᛅᚢ | ᚢ | —— | V | ||||
| medieval runes | ᛆ | ᛅᛁ | ᛆᚢ | ᚯᛦ | |||||||||
| phoneme | /p(ː)/ | /b(ː)/ | /ɸ/ | /f/ | [v] | /t(ː)/ | /d(ː)/ | /θ/ | [ð] | /s(ː)/ | [ts] | /z/ | |
| u.s. approximation | pack | boar | hopefulɸ | fox | raven | tale | deer | thorn | feather | squirrel | gutsy | dazed | |
| general usage | p | b | f | ff, u, ffu | t | d | þ, th | ð, dh, d | s | z | |||
| elder fuþark | ᛈ | ᛒ | ᚠ | —— | ᛏ | ᛞ | ᚦ | ᛊ, ᛋ | ᛏᛊ, ᛏᛋ | ᛉ | |||
| anglo fuþorc | —— | ᚠ | ᛋ, ᚴ | ᛏᛋ, ᛏᚴ | ᛋ, ᚴ | ||||||||
| old norse latin | p | b | f | t | d | þ | ð | s | z | —— | |||
| younger fuþark | ᛒ | ᚠ | ᚢ | ᛏ | ᚦ | ᛋ | —— | ||||||
| medieval runes | ᛔ | ᛒ | ᚡ | ᛐ | ᛑ | ᚦ | ᚧ | ᛌ | |||||
| phoneme | /st/ | /tʃ/Æ | /kʲ/ | /k/ | [kw] | [ks] | /ɡ(ː)/ | [ɣ] | [ɡs] | /j/ | |||
| u.s. approximation | stone | witch | heck yeah | crow | quill | axe | goat | say yesɣ | dogsitter | year | |||
| general usage | st | c | k, c | c̄Æ, k̄Æ | q | qu, qv, kv | xL | g | gh | gx | i, j, g | ||
| elder fuþark | ᛊᛏ, ᛋᛏ | —— | ᚲᛃ | ᚲ | ᚲᚹ | ᚲᛊ, ᚲᛋ | ᚷ | —— | ᚷᛊ, ᚷᛋ | ᛃ | |||
| anglo fuþorc | ᛥ | ᚳ | ᚳ, ᛣ | ᛤ | ᛢL | ᛉ | ᚷ, ᚸ | ᚷᛋ, ᚷᚴ, ᚸᛋ, ᚸᚴ | ᛡ, ᛄ, ᚷ | ||||
| old norse latin | st | —— | k | —— | kv | x | g | gs | j | ||||
| younger fuþark | ᛋᛏ | —— | ᚴᛁ | ᚴ | ᚴᚢ | ᚴᛋ | ᚴ | ᚴᛋ | ᛁ | ||||
| medieval runes | ᛌᛏ | ᚴᛌ | ᚵ | ᚵᛌ | |||||||||
| phoneme | /w/ | /h/ | [x] | [ç] | /m(ː)/ | /n(ː)/ | /ŋ/ | /ŋg/Æ | /r(ː)/, /ɾ/? | /ɽ(ː)/, /ɽ/? | /l(ː)/ | /lː/ | /Cː/ |
| u.s. approximation | wolf | hag | loch nessx | itchyç | moose | north | sing | finger | metalr | starlingɹ | longship | feel lovely | —— |
| general usage | u, v, ƿ, ꝩ | h | m | n | ng, ŋ | r | l | ꝇ | CC, C | ||||
| elder fuþark | ᚹ | ᚺ, ᚻ | —— | ᛗ | ᚾ | ᛜ | —— | ᚱ | —— | ᛚ | C | ||
| anglo fuþorc | ᚻ, ᚺ, ᛇ | ᛝ | |||||||||||
| old norse latin | v | h | —— | m | n | —— | r | l | ll | CC | |||
| younger fuþark | ᚢ | ᚼ | —— | ᛘ | ᚾ | ᚾᚴ | —— | ᚱ | ᛦ | ᛚ | C | ||
| medieval runes | ᚿ | ᚿᚵ | ᛧ | C, CC | |||||||||
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e: /e/ really only exists in diphthongs in general american. try saying "stay" without the /i/, or "ee" sound at the very end y: /y/ is made by rounding the lips while making an /i/ sound. like saying the word "we", without moving your lips from the "w" shape ø: /ø/ is made by rounding the lips while making an /e/ sound. like saying the word "weigh" without moving your lips from the "w" shape n: a nasalized vowel is when you allow some air to pass through your nose, like making a stereotypical french laugh ɸ: /ɸ/ is made by pushing air through nearly touching lips. like trying to make the /f/ sound without letting your lip touch your teeth ɣ: /ɣ/ is made by trying to make the /g/ sound without letting your tongue touch the roof of your mouth x: /x/ is like the /h/ sound, but with the back of your tongue nearly touching the front of your uvula ç: /ç/ is like the /h/ and /x/ sounds, but with the middle of your tongue nearly touching the roof of your mouth r: americans don't pronounce our "r's" this way like most users of the latin alphabet; but we do use it in words where t, tt, d, & dd are between vowels ɹ: this is like the rhotic general american "r", but with the tip of the tongue curled backward |
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Æ: chiefly old english L: primarily for latin transcription |
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