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Welcome to our Chacobo alphabet page! The following charts show the pronunciation for the Chacobo orthography we have used on our site, as well as some alternate spellings that you may find in other books and websites.
Character We Use: |
Sometimes Also Used: |
IPA symbol: | Chacobo pronunciation: |
a | a | Like the a in father. | |
ë | e, |
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This sound does not exist in English. The Chocobo pronunciation sounds like the i in police only pronounced further back in the mouth. If you've ever heard a Slavic language like Russian or Polish being spoken, it is the same "dark i" sound from those languages. |
i | i | Like the i in police. | |
o | o | o | Like the o in note. |
Character We Use: |
Sometimes Also Used: |
IPA symbol: |
an | ã | ã |
ën | ẽ | |
in | ĩ | ĩ |
on | õ | õ |
Character We Use: |
Sometimes Also Used: |
IPA symbol: | Chacobo pronunciation: |
b | v | β | Like the bilabial v in Spanish navidad. |
c | k, qu | k | As in the Spanish alphabet (from which the Chacobo alphabet was adapted), both qu and c can represent the k sound in English key. |
ch | č |  t | Like ch in chair. |
h | ’, , ? | A pause sound, like the one in the middle of the word "uh-oh." | |
hu | w | w | Like w in way. |
j | h | h | Like h in hay. |
m | m | Like m in moon. | |
n | n | Like n in night. | |
p | p | Like the p in pie. | |
qu | k, c | k | As in the Spanish alphabet (from which the Chacobo alphabet was adapted), both qu and c can represent the k sound in English key. |
r | Like the r in Spanish pero, somewhat like the tt in American English butter. | ||
s | s | Like s in sun. | |
sh | s, š, x | Like sh in shell. | |
t | t | Like t in tie. | |
ts | tz |  ts | Like ts in cats. |
x | sr, rs, z | ʂ | This sound does not exist in English or Spanish. It is a retroflex s sound like the sz of Polish. |
y | j | Like y in yes. |
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