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==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ||
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!Créole | |||
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!Standard pronunciation <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Dominican Creole French," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Creole_French#Kwéyòl alphabet, accessed 22 March 2021.</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|g | |||
|g | |||
|hard G like in <u>G</u>arage | |||
|- | |||
|h | |||
|h | |||
|use like in <u>H</u>am | |||
|- | |||
|i | |||
|i | |||
|Pronounced like "ee" as in s<u>ee</u> | |||
|- | |||
|j | |||
|ʒ | |||
|Pronounced as french J. | |||
|- | |||
|k | |||
|k | |||
|Replaces hard "C", "Qu". K as in <u>K</u>ick | |||
|- | |||
|w | |||
|w | |||
|W replaces R in some words derived from French, but in Creole, they are two different letters. | |||
|- | |||
|s | |||
|s | |||
|Replaces the soft "C" and pronounced like "S" in <u>S</u>oft | |||
|- | |||
|y | |||
|j | |||
|pronounced like "Yuh" as in <u>Y</u>uck | |||
|- | |||
|z | |||
|z | |||
|Replaces "S" when used between vowels, and pronounced as in <u>Z</u>ebra | |||
|- | |||
|an | |||
|ɑ̃ | |||
|nasalized sound used in French. Does not exist in English | |||
|- | |||
|àn | |||
|an | |||
|Pronounced as a '''not''' nasalized sound with an emphasis on the "N" "ane" in English | |||
|- | |||
|ann | |||
|ɑ̃n | |||
|''an'' nasalised French "an" with long "n" sound "Pronounced like "anne". | |||
|- | |||
|anm | |||
|ɑ̃m | |||
|''an'' nasalised French "an" with long "m" sound "Pronounced like "ahmm". | |||
|- | |||
|ay | |||
|aj | |||
|Pronounced as "eye" in English | |||
|- | |||
|in | |||
|in | |||
|Never nasalised. | |||
|- | |||
|en | |||
|ɛ̃ | |||
|Always nasalised | |||
|- | |||
|enn | |||
| | |||
|Pronounced as in Gard<u>en</u> | |||
|- | |||
|on | |||
|ɔ̃ | |||
|Sound does not exist in English. It is a nasal ''on'' as used in French. | |||
|- | |||
|onm | |||
|ɔ̃m | |||
|Nasal sound + M. | |||
|- | |||
|onn | |||
|ɔ̃n | |||
|Nasal sound + N. | |||
|- | |||
|ch | |||
|ʃ | |||
|Pronounced as "Sh" in English | |||
|- | |||
|a | |||
| | |||
|pronounced as a short a as in C<u>a</u>t | |||
|- | |||
|b | |||
| | |||
|Pronounced as B en English | |||
|- | |||
|f | |||
| | |||
|Pronounced as F in English | |||
|- | |||
|d | |||
| | |||
|Pronounced as D in English Like <u>D</u>og | |||
|- | |||
|m | |||
| | |||
|Pronounced as M in English Like <u>M</u>an. | |||
|- | |||
|n | |||
| | |||
|Pronounced as N in English Like <u>N</u>ever | |||
|- | |||
|Ò | |||
| | |||
|Pronounced as "Or" as in M<u>or</u>e | |||
|- | |||
|R | |||
| | |||
|Often replaced by W in beginnings of words, but pronounced as <u>R</u>acquet | |||
|- | |||
|P | |||
| | |||
|Pronounced as in <u>P</u>ea | |||
|- | |||
|T | |||
| | |||
|Pronounced as in <u>T</u>ea | |||
|- | |||
|V | |||
| | |||
|Pronounced as in <u>V</u>olcano | |||
|- | |||
|W | |||
| | |||
|Pronounced as in <u>W</u>ater | |||
|} | |||
==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ||