Overview

        Sound Spell Same (SSS):  Seeing a Peoplese word, you know how to pronounce it.  Hearing a Peoplese word, you know how to spell it. 

        Because Peoplese SSS spelling is intuitive and consistent, it is relatively easy for native- and non-native English speakers to learn.

        For general Peoplese spelling rules, click on the "Spelling" tab above, then the "Alike English" link.

Features

        31 sounds, represented by 21 consonates and 5 vowels (each vowel with a long and short version).  Long vowels marked with line over the vowel:  ā, ē, ī, ō, ū.

                Each alphabet letter corresponds to one sound, each sound corresponds to one alphabet letter.

        No letters are doubled.  (No double consonants, no double vowels.)

        No letters are silent.  (All letters are pronounced.)

        “y” is a consonant, not a vowel.  As in:  yes, you, yellow.

Long and Short Vowels – distinguished at a glance, with a simple, intuitive system

            The 3rd column is International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA.  (English is in parentheses.)

            Letter "u" in Peoplese is pronounced like English "you" without the initial consonant "y" sound.  Rhymes with "blue".          

            Click on the sound image below, then press "OK", to hear the consonant sound.

                       Peoplese long vowels, designated by long line over the vowel (left column):

	ā		eɪ	pronounced like letter “a”, as in bā (bay), sā (say), mā (may)
	ē		i	pronounced like letter “e”, as in mē (me), sē (see), hē (he)
	ī		aɪ	pronounced like letter “i”, as in bī (by, buy), fīv (five), ī (eye)
	ō		oʊ	pronounced like letter “o", as in bōd (bode), gō (go), hōm (home)
	ū		u	pronounced like Peoplese letter “u”, which does not include English initial “y” consonant sound.  As in tū (too), blū (blue)

                       Peoplese short vowels are unmarked (left column) :

	a		a	as in  English above, French madame, as in Spanish madre, Chinese mandarin 妈.
	e		ɛ	as in bed, edit, pet.
	i		ɪ	as in bid, it, hit, sit.
	o		ɔ	as in pod, offer, off, cloth
	u		ʌ	as bud, under, up.

	b		b	as in by, lab
	θ		θ	"th" as in thigh, thiink (only one "th" sound)
	d		d	as in die, do, day, good
	f		f	as in fie, fend, if
	g		g	as in guy, give, flag
	h		h	as in high, how, hello
	j		ʒ	as in French " bonjour", English "pleasure", "vision"
	k		k	as in kite, cat, back
	l		l	as in lie, leg, bill
	m		m	as in my, man, mom
	n		n	as in nigh, night, no, ten
	p		p	as in pie, pet, map
	q		ʧ	"ch", as in chin, church
	r		ɾ	as in Spanish "pero" (slightly rolled "r")
	s		s	as in sigh, sun, miss
	t		t	as in tie, tea, get
	v		v	as in vie, voice, five
	w		w	as in why, wet, window
	ʃ		ʃ	"sh" as in shy, show, bluish
	y		j	as in you, yellow
	z		z	as in zoo, ooze

Syllable Stress

            In Peoplese (like English), in all multi-syllabic words, one syllable is stressed (emphasized, accented, spoken louder than the others).

                    Peoplese (unlike English) has strict rules of which syllable to stress.  So no memorization of individual words is necessary.

            Stressed syllables:

                        2-syllable words:  the first syllable is the stressed syllable

                                Examples (with English in parentheses):  angrē (angry), buter (butter), oonlē (only), welcum (welcome), leson (lesson).
                                    alōne (alone), kumpī (comply)

                        3 & 4 syllable words:  the 2nd syllable is stressed

                                    Examples of 3-syllable words:  mūtāshun (mutation), residens (residence),
                                    Examples of 4-syllable words:  illūmēnāt (illuminate), transpōrtashun (transportation), franciz۔abel (franchisable),                                                             institūshun (institution), moderatelē (moderately)

                        5, 6, and 7 syllable words:  the 3^rd syllable is stressed.  (Maximum number of syllables in Peoplese is 7.)

                                    Examples:  internashunal (international), reprēhensabel (reprehensible), komūnēkāshuns (communications)

Letter differences between Peoplese and English  (English in parentheses):

                                                                        If the English sound is “k”, as in "cat" and "kitten", the Peoplese letter becomes “k”.
                                                                        If the English sound is “s”, as in "city" and "say", the Peoplese letter becomes “s”.

                                                                        If the English sound is “g”, as in "go", the Peoplese letter remains “g”.
                                                                        If the English sound is “j”, as in "jump", the Peoplese letter becomes “j”.

     Word Endings,

Definitions:

            “Root word”:  the core word, to which prefixes and suffixes, beginnings and endings are sometimes added.

            “Prefix” and “suffix”:  both separated from the root word by a short hyphen called a hyphen۔et (  ۔ ).

                        Each suffix and prefix has one unique meaning, and can be attached via hyphen to any root word.

                                    E.g. re۔send

            “Word beginning” and “word ending”:   attached to the root word without added punctuation mark.

                        Unlike prefixes and suffixes, word beginnings and endings do not have unique meanings.

                                    E.g. attendance (attend + ance)
                                    E.g. tion, sion, ence, ment, s, d, abel, ent

Sample text:  For sample texts in both versions of Peoplese (Alike English and Sound Spell Same), click on orange Spelling tab above.