Spelling and Pronouncing Lunar

The following charts provide a standardized way of representing the spoken form of the Lunar language (which differs slightly from the written New Pelorian Letters alphabet in some areas) using the Latin alphabet, along with pronouncing the sounds of that language. This latter part is, unfortunately, Anglocentric in its sound comparisons, and I do apologize for this limitation.

The charts are arranged like so: on the left is the International Phonetic Alphabet character representing the sound, in the center is a romanized character or digraph from the Latin alphabet to represent the sound, and on the right is a description of the sound. The charts are also divided according to the categories used in linguistics, with one chart of vowels and three of consonants.

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Ritual of the Lips and Throat

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Eight Arms and the Mask

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