The Phonemes of Sinnish

Each letter in Sinnish has a name (which highlights the sound), as well as a Sinnish script symbol and a Roman letter symbol. For now, I'm only putting in the Roman letter one. The tables below have the sounds, their names, an equivilent in English or another language and a sound of me saying the name of the sound.

Vowels

Roman Letter	Equivilent	Name/Sample
a	a as in “father”	karuhm "earth"
e	ai as in “bait”	rek "sun"
i	ee as in “meet”	shim "water"
o	oa as in “boat”	xos "fire"
u	oo as in “boot”	wus "air"
uh	u as in “mutt”	tuhr "shadow"

Consonants

Roman Letter	Equivilent	Name/Sample
d	d as in “dog”	doze "tower"
zh	s as in “vision”	zhoa "woman"
k	k as in “kick”	kega "club"
m	m as in “man”	mura "ear"
b	b as in “boy”	batad "hook"
t	t as in “tin”	tal "tongue"
sh	sh as in “ship”	showit "tide"
w	w as in “win”	wor "cord"
x	ch as in “loch”	xudo "hinge"
s	s as in “seat”	sima "flower"
g	g as in “get”	gael "rabbit"
z	z as in “zoo”	zadus "mouth"
r	Spanish r (trilled)	rozish "silk"
l	l as in “let”	limat "ghost"
p	p as in “ship”	par "lens"
y	y as in “yet”	yara "force"
ch	ch as in “chat”	chul "lie"

Stress

If the word begins with a vowel, stress is on the first syllable (ex. elake "ocean")
- It is two syllables and ends with a vowel, the stress is on the first syllable (ex. dosa "rose")
- It is two syllables, ends with a consonant and the last vowel is 'uh', stress is on the first syllable (ex. xaruhm "storm")
- It is two syllables, ends with a consonant and the last vowel is NOT 'uh', the last syllable is stressed (ex. lakem "poet")
- It is more than two syllables, the stress is on the second to last syllable (ex. zoyashi "girl slave")