Middle Class Characters

'A is for Apple'

Beginning
Syllable Sound
Ending
Syllable Sound
Character influence -- as a
percentage of the 3500 syllables found in the course.
Sound files
gaw gai - chicken
G
K
511 syllables -- 14.2%
jaw jahn - plate
J
T
134 syllables -- 3.7%
daw chahdah - dancer's headpiece
D
T
7 syllables -- 0.1%
dtaw padtahk - goad
Dt
T
4 syllables -- 0.1%
daw dehk - child
D
T
331 syllables -- 9.2%
dtaw dtow - turtle
Dt
T
261 syllables -- 7.2%
baw bai mai - leaf
B
P
299 syllables -- 8.3%
bpaw bplah - fish
Bp
P
210 syllables -- 5.8%
aw ahng * - basin
silent
silent
606 syllables -- 16.8%
* This Middle Class character is used both as a vowel and as a consonant.
As a consonant it is always silent and is used only to back up vowels (which can never stand alone).