Lwaitel

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Look! The world around us is beautiful!  . w w  w 

Lwaitel is a conlang used in the country Lwait, which was settled by a group of artists looking for a more scenic place. Art, particularly visual art, is important to them. As a culture that cares about art, they speak a conlang (i.e., it's a conlang in-universe, too) made by one of the original settlers. Due to a combination of these factors and of them having lots of art supplies, the language's script uses color (to distinguish vowels).

Summary

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Pronunciation for English speakers

Consonants

Pronounce thisLike this
p, k, t, m, n, s, h, w, sh, chLike in English
yLike in yes
ngLike in singer, not in finger
lSort of like L in English, but not a dark L
lwTry saying L at the same time as oo
ly or ylTry saying L at the same time as ee
·Syllable break

〈pa ta ka ma na nga sa ha la wa ya〉:

Vowels

Pronounce thisLike this
aLike in father, or somewhere between that and the vowel in cat
eLike a in about
iLike in ski
ai, uLike in haiku
auLike in sauerkraut
iu, uiLike combinations of the i and u sounds
á, í, úSame as above, but stressed

〈i u e a ai au iu ui em en eng el eyl elw〉:

For more detailed information, see the phonology.

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