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Punterian (Pu: Anndophuuterrazzer) is a language that is spoken by approxametly ten million people in the mountain regions of Nova Latium. It has a very extensive alphabet although most texts are written in the Latin a;phabet, which can make it seem longer than it is.

Pronounciation

All sounds are exactly like in English exept where stated.

• a-hate
• B-
• C-hats
• D-
• E-pet
• F-
• G-always hard as in get
• H-
• I-might
• J-yes
• K-
• L-
• M-
• N-
• O-pope
• P-
• R-not rolled
• S-
• T-
• U-you
• V-
• Z-

Dipthongs:

• AA-odd
• DD-the
• EE-keep
• FF-f said with rounded lips
• GG-jail
• HH-loch, not as guttural as in German
• II-it
• KK-loch as guttural as in German
• LL-your tounge between an r and an l
• NN-ping
• OO-german ö
• RR-rolled r
• SS-long s, like german ß
• TT-thing
• U-food
• ZZ-pleasure

All of the following are aspirated consonants, like a puff of air after the sound:

• CH
• DH
• DDH
• FH
• FFH
• GH
• GGH
• HHH
• KH
• KKH
• LH
• LLH
• MH
• NH
• NNH
• PH
• RH
• RRH
• SH
• SSH
• TH
• TTH
• VH
• ZH
• ZZH

More dipthongs:

• ao'-out
• au'-taught
• eu'-e and uu said quickly together sounds similar to ao but an e sound at the beginning
• iu'-eww
• oi'-oil
• ou'-exageratted o sound like ouu
• ua'-water
• ue'-wet
• ui'-we
• uo'-whoa

Dual Dipthongs:

• ua'o'-wow
• ua'u'-similar to walk
• ue'u'-wet but like wew
• uo'i'-like woy
• uo'u'-exagerated whoa