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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.

        Root words remain unaltered with the addition of beginnings and endings, prefixes, and suffixes (including verb tense suffixes).

        Consistent rules over which syllable to stress, so no memorization is necessary.

        Alphabet: a, b, θ, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z..
            The 26-letter Peoplese alphabet is identical to the English (Latin, Roman) alphabet except:
                English "c" becomes Peoplese "s" (as in "city) or "k" as in "cat".  Peoplese has no letter "c".
                English "j" is pronounced with like the French "j", as in "bonjour", as in English "pleasure", "vision".
                English "qu" is replaced by Peoplese "kw", as in "kwik"; "q" in Peoplese is pronounced "ch", as in "church" (Peoplese "qurq").
                English "x" is replaced by "ks", as in "ekspekt"; "x" in Peoplese is pronounced "sh", as in "show" ("xō"), "mash" ("max").  
                English "th" (a separate sound) is represented by Peoplese alphabet letter theta, θ, as in "θe".  Capital theta, Θ

        (Pronunciation charts below include symbols of IPA, International Phoenic Alphabet.)

        (Using macros, pressing "alt" key + "a" key will produce long ā, etc.  "Alt + t produces θ.  For instructions, see FAQ.)

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 bayed  eɪ   
pronounced like letter “a”, as in (bay), sā (say), (may)

ē bead  i   pronounced like letter “e”, as in bēd (bead), sē (see), hēt (heat)

ī
by  
pronounced like letter “i”, as in bī (by, buy), fīv (five), ī (eye)

ō
bode
pronounced like letter “o", as in bōd (bode), gō (go), hōm (home)
                     
ū too  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 above    a        
as in  English above, French madame, as in Spanish madre, Chinese mandarin 妈.

e bed    ɛ 
as in bed, edit, pet.

i bid   ɪ
as in bid, it, hit, sit.

o pod   ɔ as in pod, offer, off, cloth
      
u bud   ʌ as bud, under, up.

 

Peoplese consonants:

To hear a consonant sound, we must attach it to a vowel (below, usually long 'i"), but the vowel is irrelevant to the consonant sound.
Click on the sound image below, then press "OK", to hear the consonant sound.


b
buy  b
as in by, lab

θ thigh  θ "th" as in thigh, thiink (only one "th" sound)

d die  d
as in die, do, day, good

f
fie   f
as in fie, fend, if

g
guy  g
as in guy, give, flag

h
high  h
as in high, how, hello

j joo-Fench-j  ʒ as in French " bonjour", English "pleasure", "vision"

k
kite  k
as in kite, cat, back

l
lie  l
as in lie, leg, bill

m
my  m
as in my, man, mom

n
nigh  n
as in nigh, night, no, ten

p
pie  p
as in pie, pet, map

q
chin  ʧ "ch", as in chin, church

r
r-Galician-to-run-away   ɾ as in Spanish "pero" (slightly rolled "r")

s
sigh  s
as in sigh, sun, miss

t
tie  t
as in tie, tea, get

v
tie  v
as in vie, voice, five

w
why  w
as in why, wet, window

x
shy   ʃ   "sh" as in shy, show, bluish

y
you   j as in you, yellow

z
zoo   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 3rd 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):

  ENGLISH PEOPLESE EXAMPLES
  c s or k sukses (success), krab (crab), sirkel (circle)

                                                                        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”.

  ch q
qerq (church), qans (chance), piq (pitch), qūz (choose)
  ck k klok (clock)
  ce s fens (fence)
  dg j baj (badge), rēlijen (religion)
  eight āt wāt (wait, weight), frāt (freight)
  g g or j jist (gist), jim (gym), gift (gift), gōrj (gorge)

                                                                        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”.

  gn n narl (gnarl)
  igh ī hī (high), sī (sigh), mīt (might), rīt (right)
  kn n nob (knob), nāv (knave), niit (knight), nat (knat)
  ph f fāz (phase), filosōfer (philosopher)

sh
x
xō (show), brux (brush)

th
θ 
θen (then)
  q kw kwēn (queen), kwiver (quiver), kwak (quack), kwuōt (quote), kwest (quest)

y (when vowel)
ē
armē (army), wind۔ē (windy)

     Word Endings,


ENGLISH PEOPLESE EXAMPLES
  able ābel aford-ābel (affordable)

acy
acē
aristokrasē (aristocracy)

air
āir
fāir, hāir  (fair, hair)

ain
ān gān (gain)

ance
āns qāns (chance)
  ancy ansē expektensē (expectancy)

ange
ānj arānj (arrange)

ary
ārē dikxunārē (dictionary)

cious
xus
atrōxus (atrocious)

cle
kel
unkel (uncle)
  ed ۔d jump۔d (jumped), liv۔d (lived), fāt۔d (fated), fold۔d (folded), rī۔d (wrote), kēp۔d (kept)
  ence ens expērēns (experience)
  ense ens defēns (defense)

eous
us
korrājus (courageous)

er
ōr (when a person)
farmōr (farmer)

ge
j
raj, sponj (rage, sponge)

ia
ēa mēdēa (media)
  ible ābel incredābel (incredible)
  ies ēz pupē۔s, candēz (puppies, candies)
  ing ۔ing fly۔ing, sit۔ing (flying, sitting)

ious
ēus kurēus (curious)

ire
īr akwīr (acquire)
  ism izim ativizim (activism)

ity
ītē pyuītē (purity)

logic
lojik
biolojik (biologic)
  ly lē rapid۔lē, ear (rapidly, early)
  ough ō θō, dō (though, dough)

oid
ōid asterōid (asteroid)

oint
ōint pōint (point)

ological
oligikal
sīkolojikal (psychological)

ounce
ons
pronouns (pronounce)  [Pllural of English "pronouns" is Peoplese "prōnoun۔s.]
  ous  us jelus (jealous), fāmus (famous)

oy
ōē tōē, enjōē
  sion xun ōmixun (omission)

sure
jūr mejūr, plejūr, trejūr (measure, pleasure, treasure)

tial
xal
potenxal, diferénxal (potential, differential)
  tion xun kōmishun (commission)
  tious xus
kaxus, repetixus (cautious, repetitious)
  tive tiv aktiv (active)

ture
tūr mikstūr, literatūr (mixture, literautre)

tural
tūal ritūal (ritual)
  ty tē partē (party)

uous
ūus kontinūus (continuous)

y
۔ē sun۔ē (sunny)


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


Pronunciation
            Anybody can pronounce Peoplese vowels and consonants according to their own language.  The situation is the same with English:
                      Nigerians, Australians, South Africans, Canadians, Filipinos, Irish, English, not to mention French and Japanese, all pronounce                       English somewhat differently, but mutually comprehensively.  The same with Peoplese. 
            However, Peoplese does have standard pronunciation.  For example, "j" is pronounced like the beautiful French "j", similar to English
                      "vision"; "r" is rolled, as in Spanish and Khmer.  Click on the sound icons above to hear standard Peoplese pronunciation.
            The best Peoplese speakers will imitate Brazilian Portuguese "fala cantando" (literally "speak singing"), a singsong way of speaking,
                      best exemplified by cariocas, residents of Rio de Janeiro.
            The goal is a beautiful sounding language.

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




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