Cherokee! :) Forum Tsalagi Pronounciation

Note that do, du and dv are sounded as to, tu and tv in some words, in fact to, tu and tv could have had their own symbols according to some. Since they don't, the symbols used are still do, du and dv.

Note there is no "b,c,j,p,r,z" sound or symble in Tsalagi.

Sometimes vowels are unvoiced, when this is the case, I have used parenthesis around the appropriate syllable (a common transcription). Note that the consonant of that syllable is still pronounced, with the preceeding syllable.
EXAMPLE: mock is a-ye-(li)-di and pronounced a-yel-di
However, if I put two vowels in parenthesis, it represents alternate forms.
EXAMPLE: crow is ko-g(i)(a) which means that ko-gi or ko-ga are both correct.

  Also,
A ? represents a glottal stop, like the sound between the syllables of Uh-Oh.
A : after a vowel means that this vowel is doubled, taking twice as long to say.
An ' after a syllable shows an accent on that syllable.
An ' after the consonant of a syllable shows that a vowel has been left out.
The syllables with "ts" can be pronounced with a "j" sound.