Weren Phonics By Rob Allen (gcdragns@jps.net) With poking from Dan Comstock (Minotaur15@juno.com) b, like in "boy" ch, throaty, like Hebrew ch, as in "Channuka" and "lechaim" d, like in "day" dh, like Hispanic "d" with tongue between teeth...somewhat like hard "th" in English. g, like in "girl" h, adds breath -- like "harm" k, like in "kick" kh, similar to "ch" -- but harder, kloser to "k" l, like in "like" n, in "new" nh, similar to "n" -- but with tongue between teeth q, like "k" but often followed with a grunt-like after sound. "Baq" would be sort of pronounced "bay-kuh" r, like in "rent" rh, like Hispanic "rr" -- rolled s, like "sat" sh, like "show" t, like "tent" tj, similar to English "J", -- but tongue more towards teeth v, like "vest" w, like "win" z, like "zero" zh, like "zh" in Doctor Zhivago a, like in "bay" aa/ah, like in "bar" e, like in "here" eh, like in "hen" i, like in "life," or sometimes like "e" in "here" o, like in "rot," or sometimes like "rote" u, like "oo" in "soon" uu, like "oo" in "book" y, like in "Amy" or "hardly" A single quote ( ` ) in a word typically means to employ a brief syllabic pause, like found between syllables in "uh-oh" -- in other words, do not blend one syllable into another.