BASIC ROMAN SPELLING OF ENGLISH

 

Vowels (including diphthongs)
Consonants
 
     a         as in ask; but also hat;
                  hut; ago, open
    aa         farm; firm
    au        out
    ay        white
       e        red
    ea         air
    ey         way
       i         in
   iy          feel
     ia         dear
     o         on; bother
    oo         port
    ou         know; no
    oy         toy
      u         look, you; will, why
  uu         mood; wood
   ua          tour
 
 
       b         best
    ch         cheer
      d         do; this
  dzh        joy
       f         fix
        g        green
        h        home; why; loch (Scottish)
        k        kiss; loch (English)
        l         like
      m        me
        n        name
     ng        sing
        p        peak
        r         river; write; also farm,
                   river in rhotic dialects
        s         sea
     sh        ship
        t         top; think
      ts         tsar
       v         view
       y         you; million
       z         zoo
     zh        vision
 
 

 

Extended version of the system with:
jas in joy
thas in think
dhas in this
was in will, why, wood


 

IPA TABLE

 

 

IPA
BRS
BRS/E

ɪ

i

i

e

e

e

æ

a

a

ʊ

u

u

ʌ

a

a

ɒ

o

o

ə

a

a

i:

iy

iy

ɑ:

aa

aa

u:

uu

uu

ɜ:

aa

aa

ɔ:

oo

oo

eɪ

ey

ey

aɪ

ay

ay

ɔɪ

oy

oy

ɪə

ia

ia

eə

ea

ea

oʊ

ou

ou

au

au

ʊə

ua

ua

p

p

p

t

t

t

k

k

k

b

b

b

d

d

d

f

f

f

v

v

v

s

s

s

z

z

z

m

m

m

n

n

n

r

r

r

l

l

l

w

u

w

h

h

h

g

g

g

ts

ts

ts

ch

ch

θ

t

th

ʃ

sh

sh

x

h

h

ŋ

ng

ng

dʒ

dzh

j

ð

d

dh

ʒ

zh

zh

j

 

y

 

y

 

 

 

 

IPA = International Phonetic Alphabet for English

BRS = Basic Roman Spelling of English

BRS/E = Basic Roman Spelling / Extended

 

 




Designed by Dr. Lyubomir Ivanov
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Tirana & Varna
July-August 2002