In Glosa there is only one sound for each letter - NOTE: the opposite is not true.

The general pattern is of Italian: the vowel sounds are the five vowel sounds of Italian; and the consonants have a generalised European sound.
Each letter is sounded.

VOWELS
.... a = AH, e = AY, i = EE, o = OR, u = OO

Eng. father, cafe, machine, more, lute ... ("o" & "u" with lips out)
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CONSONANTS
.... f, g, k, s - pronounced hard .............. fun, get, key, so
.... c = CH (as in Italian) .................... rich
.... h - voiced ................................ hat
.... j = Y ..................................... you
.... q = KW (no following "u") ................. Qantas
.... r - trilled if possible (as in Scotland) .. grr!
.... v = V ..................................... very
.... w = W ..................................... wet
.... x = KS .................................... extra
.... y = EE - pronounced the same as "i" ....... baby
.... z = TS - voiced ........................... zero
.... b, d, l, m, n, p, t - normal European pronunciation

EXAMPLES


      pote - pOR-tAY       komunika - kOR-mOOn-EEkAH

      boni - bORnEE        skience - skEE-AYn-CHAY

      felis - fAY-lEEs     kanis - kAR-nEEs

      patri - pAH-trEE     vagona - vAH-gOR-nAH

STRESS
Usually on the penultimate syllable (one before the last).

VOCAL INFLECTION
Generally as in English, with rising inflection before a comma or semi-colon, and falling inflection before a full stop.


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  e.g. Un andra; qi pa du trans u via, pa kurso ad u hetero latu.

       The man, who was crossing the road, ran to the other side.

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