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The normal English pronunciation agrees with that used in the Interlingua for the letters b, d, f, k, l, m, n, p, ph, qu, v, w, and z. The remaining letters are covered by the following rules and observations:

a

is always pronounced like a in English 'father';

c

before e, i, y is pronounced like ts in 'hats' (or, optionally, like c in 'city'); otherwise like c in 'cats'; ch like ch in 'echo. chrome';

e

always like e in 'met' or, better, like é in French 'risqué.'

g

like g in 'good';

h

as in English (or, optionally, silent); after r and t, silent;

i

normally like i in 'machine'; when unstressed before a vowel, like in 'onion' or in 'phobia'); e.g. bile, biliose, varie;

j

like z in 'azure' (or, oplionally, like g in 'gem' or like y in 'yes');

o

always like o in 'obey';

r

like rr in 'merry' or, better, like r in Spanish 'caro';

s

like s in 'stay'; between vowels, the same (or, optionally, like s in 'these'); e.g. sparse, abstruse, accusativo;

t

as in English; ti before vowels, unless stressed or preceded by s, like tsy in 'he gets you' (or, optionally, like sy in 'we pass you' or like ty in 'we let you'); e.g. actor, garantia, question, but action, reverentia;

u

normally like u in 'plural'; when unstressed before a vowel, like u in 'persuade' or in 'superfluous'; e.g. plural, persuader, superfine;

x

like x in 'fox'; between vowels, the same (or, optionally, like x in 'exact');

y

unstressed before vowels, like y i,n 'yes'; otherwise like i in 'machine'; e.g. Yugoslavia, typo.