The Basic Grammar of Ido/Writing and Pronunciation

The pronunciation of Ido is entirely regular; each letter or letter combination always represents a single sound. It is written using the twenty-six letters of the Latin alphabet, with no special diacritical marks, which ensures excellent compatibility for computer input without the necessity to install any additional input methods. Vowels Ido IPA English Audio a [a] a in father File:Ido-IPA-a.ogg e [e], [ɛ] e in medal File:Ido-IPA-e.ogg i [i] i in machine File:Ido-IPA-i.ogg o [o], [ɔ] o in glory File:Ido-IPA-o.ogg u [u] u in rule File:Ido-IPA-u.ogg Consonants Ido IPA English Audio b [b] b in ability File:Ido-IPA-b.ogg c [t͡s] ts in cats File:Ido-IPA-c.ogg ch [t͡ʃ] ch in chat File:Ido-IPA-ch.ogg d [d] d in done File:Ido-IPA-d.ogg f [f] f in flower File:Ido-IPA-f.ogg g [g] g in garden File:Ido-IPA-g.ogg h [h] h in hello File:Ido-IPA-h.ogg j [ʒ], [d͡ʒ] s in pleasure File:Ido-IPA-j.ogg k [k] k in kid File:Ido-IPA-k.ogg l [l] l in law File:Ido-IPA-l.ogg m [m] m in measure File:Ido-IPA-m.ogg n [n] n in necessary File:Ido-IPA-n.ogg p [p] p in pardon File:Ido-IPA-p.ogg qu [kw] qu in quick File:Ido-IPA-qu.ogg r [ɾ], [r] rolled (tongue-flick) File:Ido-IPA-r.ogg s [s] s in sit File:Ido-IPA-s.ogg sh [ʃ] sh in shadow File:Ido-IPA-sh.ogg t [t] t in tall File:Ido-IPA-t.ogg v [v] v in view File:Ido-IPA-v.ogg w [w] w in way File:Ido-IPA-w.ogg x [ks], [gz] x in exercise File:Ido-IPA-x.ogg y [j] y in yellow File:Ido-IPA-y.ogg z [z] z in zoo File:Ido-IPA-z.ogg Stress When a syllable is stressed, its pitch, duration and volume are all greater than those of the other syllables. In Ido, the stress always falls on the penultimate syllable of a word, except in the case of infinitive verbs, where it falls on the final syllable. For example: "KA-to" (cat) and "man-JAR" (to eat). Example The examples below illustrate the word "ucelo" (bird) pronounced with three different stress patterns: "U-ce-lo" (first syllable), "u-CE-lo" (penultimate syllable) and "u-ce-LO" (final syllable). This helps readers to better understand the pronunciation of the stress. File:Ido-learn-UCELO.ogg Exercises Try reading the following sentences: Kato volas manjar fisho. (A cat wants to eat fish). Mea nomo esas Alexo. (My name is Alex). Me dormas en mea chambro. (I sleep in my room). Category:Book:The Basic Grammar of Ido