AA
EE
II
OO
UU
needs to be rid of.
Instead becomes...
EE = Ë
AA - Ä
II - Ï
OO - Ö
UU - Ü
Hooyo=Höyo
Aabo=Äbo
Add the Maay Letters in the Alphabet
P
The letter ‘p’ is used when the sound of ‘b’is not stressed. Its sound is produced by the lips, it is some what similar to the letter ‘p’ in the English alphabet.
apaal = gratitude heped = chest Hapiipy = name of a female lipee = lion
Jh:
It is guttural and it has similar sound as ‘J’. It represent a special Maay sound structure,
jhab = fracture jheer = shyness jhiring =beard jhaapy = fire wood
Th:
It is pronounced as the article ‘the’ in the English language, it is used when the sound of ‘d’ is not stressed.
mathal = appointment etheb = politeness mathy = head mithow = black
Gh:
It sounds like the ” ghain ” of the Arabic alphabet, and it is used when the sound of ‘g’ is not stressed.
maghy = name aghaar = green meghyng = refuge lughy = legs
Ng:
It represent a special Maay sound structure, it is similar to the end sound of many English words (eg. morning, caring, helping)
angkaar = curse oong = thirst ming = house lang = man sang = nose
Y’
It represent a special Maay sound structure, the sound that the letter ‘y’’ represents is also found in the words signore, and agnello of the Italian language.
y’aay’uur = cat y’isaang = the youngest maay’y = ocean
Y' should have a special character.
Tones;
acute accent - high tone
grave accent - low tone
circumflex - falling tone
Diacritics for long vowels/special special charactersSomali has tonic accent with one high-tone mora per word.
The tone system distinguishes grammatical rather than lexical differences. Differences include singular and plural, masculine and feminine. One example is ínan ('boy') and inán ('girl'). This reflects a pattern that marks grammatical gender, such as daméer ('male donkey') and dameér ('female donkey').
Accents for tones
