{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/nw/coos/ct03.htm","path":"nam/nw/coos/ct03.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/nw/coos/ct03.htm","text":"| a | Like a in German Mann. | \n| e | Like e in helmet. | \n| i | Like i in it. | \n| o | Like o in German Mord. | \n| u | Like u in German Furcht. | \n| \u00e2 | Like a in car. | \n| \u00ea | Like ea in great. | \n| \u00ee | Like ee in teem. | \n| \u00f4 | Like o in rose. | \n| \u00fb | Like oo in loo. | \n| \u00eai | Long e with an i-tinge. | \n| \u00f4u | Long o with a u-tinge. | \n| \u00ed, \u00fa | Vowels of very short quantities. | \n| \u00e4 | As in German w\u00e4hlen. | \n| a , e, i, E | Superior vowels indicated only by the position of the mouth. | \n| E | Obscure vowel. | \n| ai | Like i in island. | \n| au | Like ou in mouth. | \n| eu | Diphthong e + u. | \n| q | Velar k. | \n| q! | Same as preceding, with very great stress of explosion. | \n| \u0263 | Velar spirant produced way back in the palate, which often sounds like weak r. | \n| x | Like ch in German Bach. | \n| g, k | As in English, sonants and surds difficult to distinguish. | \n| k! | Like k, with very great stress of explosion. | \n| g. | Palatized g. | \n| k. | Palatized k. | \n| k.! | Palatized explosive k. | \n| x. | Palatized ch. | \n| d, t | As in English, surds and sonants difficult to distinguish. | \n| t! | Like t, with very great stress of explosion. | \n| t` | Aspirated t. | \n| s | As in English. | \n| c | Like sh in English she. | \n| dj | Like j in English judge. | \n| ts | As in English sits. | \n| tc | Like ch in English church. | \n| p. 4 | | \n| ts!, tc! | Same as preceding, but with very great stress of explosion. | \n| b, p | As in English, surds and sonants difficult to distinguish. | \n| p! | Like p, with very great stress of explosion. | \n| l, m, n | As in English. | \n| n | Vocalized n. | \n| l, m, n | Very long. | \n| \u026b | Spirant lateral. | \n| L | Sonant lateral pronounced very much like dl. | \n| L | Surd lateral pronounced very much like tl. | \n| L! | Same as preceding, with very great stress of explosion. | \n| ? | Glottal catch. | \n| x | Velar aspiration. | \n| x. | Palatal aspiration. | \n| h, y, w | As in English. | \n| ' | Stress accent. | \n| ~ | Accent with an interrogative intonation. |","title":"Coos Texts: Alphabet","type":"page"}