Alphabeto Mediterranee

In IPA:

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open	a

Vowels
The vowels are pronounced as in modern Spanish Portugese, Italian or German.

a: as in father
e: as in pet
i: as in machine
o: as in more
u: as in soon,

Note, older texts may also contain the letters Æ and Œ, which are now obsolete. Both are pronounced as the moderneE.

Phonetic table of Mediterranean
The following sounds exist in mediterranean. Sounds included in brackets are not represented by a specific letter but still occur naturally in the spoken language or in specific conditions.

	Bilabial		Labio- dental		Alveolar		Post- alveolar		Palatal		Velar		Uvular
Plosive	p	b			t	d	ʦ	(ʣ)	c	j	k	g	q	(ɢ)
Fricative			f	v			s	z	ʃ	(ʒ)
Nasal	m				n						(ŋ)
Trill					r
Approximant	(w)				l						(j)

The Mediterranean alphabet

Below is the Mediterranean alphabet in its Latin, its Cyrillic and its Greek forms and with the corresponding International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) values.

IPA

[a]

[b]

[ʧ]

[d]

[e]

[f]

[g]

[i]

[ʤ]

[k]

[l]

[m]

[n]

[o]

[p]

[q]

[r]

[s]

[t]

[u]

[v]

[ʃ-ʒ]

[z]

[ʦ-ʣ]

Latin

A/a

B/b

C/c

D/d

E/e

F/f

G/g

I/i

J/j

K/k

L/l

M/m

N/n

O/o

P/p

Q/q

R/r

S/s-ß

T/t

U/u

V/v

X/x

Z/z

Þ/þ

Cyrillic

A/а

Б//б

Ч/ч

Д/д

E/е

Ф/ф

Г/г

И/и

J/j

K/к

Л/л

М/м

Н/н

O/о

П/п

Q/q

Р/ρ

C/с

T/т

Y/у

B/в

Ш/ш

З/з

Ц/ц

Greek

A/α

B/β

C/c

Δ/δ

E/ε

Φ/φ

Γ/γ

Ι/ι

J/j

K/κ

Λ/λ

M/μ

N/ν

O/ο

Π/π

Q/q

Р/ρ

Σ/σ-ς

T/τ

Y/υ

W/w

Ξ/ξ

Z/ζ

Θ/θ

Names

þi

Most of the consonants are pronounced as in English, except that:

the c is always pronounced as in chat
The g is always pronounced as in good
The i intervocalic is always pronounced as a /j. So it is also at the beginning of a word if followed by a vowel
The j is always pronounced as in gentle
The k is always pronounced as in kind
The n before k org may be pronounced as in ring.
The q must be followed by an approximant, either u or i. The same apply to the letterless/ɢ
The r is always pronounced as in merry
The s is always pronounced as in sound. The german ß is optionally used as a shorthand for a double ss. The Greek version uses the ς in the same way.
The u and the y are interchangeable in all alphabets.
The u intervocalic is always pronounced as a /w. So it is, also, at the beginning of a word if followed by a vowel.
The x is pronounced as in shoe, except if intervocalic when it is pronounced as in French (like the z in azure).
The z is pronounced like the intervocalic s, as in rose.
The scandinavian þ is always pronounced as a ts except if initial where it is pronounced as the dz in adze

The letters H, W, and Y may be used in proper names and words from other languages that have not been completely assimilated into Mediterranean. Note that some of these letters already exist in other alphabets, either naturally or as borrowings to represent missing sounds.

To avoid confusion with existing letters or to add sounds missing in some alphabets, letters (marked in red) have been added to or modified in all three alphabets.

Tonic stress patterns of Mediterranean

Stress normally occurs on the vowel before the last consonant. Occasionally it may also fall on the second vowel before the last consonant or on the last vowel in words ending with a vowel. The following exemples illustrate all the possible accentuations and use an acute accent to show tonic stress:

a: vowel preceeding the last consonant: Amór, cáre,
b: vowel preceding secund last consonant: Lúmine,
c: last vowel: taxí.

Plural endings do not alter the original stress of singular, but verbal desinences do force, and occasionally even require, tonic shifts:

a: regular vowel stress on vowel preceeding the last consonant: Amár, (infinitive)
b: regular vowel stress on vowel preceeding the last consonant: áma, (indicative present)
c: last vowel: amará. (indicative future)