Pronunciation Guide

Pronunciation Guide

Samaran is a fully phonetic language. Each letter and transformation has a single, consistent pronunciation. There are no silent letters, contextual pronunciations, or irregularities. If it's written, it's pronounced.

The phonetic system is inspired by the clarity of Italian pronunciation, where letters have predictable sounds regardless of context. Samaran follows the same principle.

Vowel Transformations

• A → Ae → pronounced /eɪ/ as in day
  
  

• E → I → pronounced /i/ as in beet
  
  

• I → A → pronounced /ɑ/ as in father
  
  

• O → A → pronounced /ɑ/ as in father
  
  

• U → O → pronounced /oʊ/ as in go
  
  

• Y → A → pronounced /ɑ/ as in father
  
  

Consonant Transformations

• Th → V → pronounced /vu/
  
  

• G → V → pronounced /vu/
  
  

• W → Q → pronounced /k/
  
  

Clarifications

• All letters are always pronounced.
  There are no silent or implied characters.
  
  

• Stress is neutral.
  Words are pronounced evenly unless stylized otherwise.
  
  

• No contextual variation.
  A letter means one thing, and it does so everywhere.