Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!dartvax!andyb From: andyb@dartvax.UUCP (Andy Behrens) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: The Esperanto alphabet Message-ID: <2693@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 11:19:33 EST Article-I.D.: dartvax.2693 Posted: Mon Jan 14 11:19:33 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 04:53:16 EST References: <1132@druny.UUCP> <248@ptsfc.UUCP> Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 41 > In the meantime, can someone explain the usage of the '^' in some > esperanto words? The Esperanto alphabet has 28 letters. Five of the consonants have a circumflex accent; in addition there is a "short u" which is printed as a U with a breve symbol over it. We have chosen to type these on a terminal as ^c, ^g, ^h, ^j, ^s, and ^u, respectively. Here is the alphabet. I have indicated the approximate pronunciation of those letters that might be confusing to English speakers. A B C ^C fAther TSar CHurch D E F G mAke Go ^G H ^H I Join loCH marIne J ^J K L Yoke aZure M N O P Go R S ^S T (a rolled r) SHow U ^U V Z bOOt coW J and ^U always form diphthongs with adjacent vowels, and never form syllables by themselves. All words are accented on the next-to-last syllable. Andy Behrens {astrovax,decvax,cornell,ihnp4,linus}!dartvax!andyb.UUCP andyb@dartmouth.CSNET andyb%dartmouth@csnet-relay.ARPA