Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Lessons #3: Vowels

Vowels

There are 6/7 vowels in the Khasi language depending on how you treat the letter 'y'. They are as follows with a pronunciation guide:

Vowels
Pronunciation Guide
Example in word Khasi (with meaning)


English

हिंदी
A a
Same as ‘A’ in Ask
in आम
Khasi (Khasi person or language)
E e
Pronounced as the letter ‘A’ in the English alphabet
in ऐक
Em (no)
I i
Pronounced as the letter ‘E’ in the English alphabet
Both in इंडिया
Shabi (key)
Ï ï
Pronounced as ‘Yee’
यी in यीशु
Ïew (market)
O o
Same as in English
Ong (say/tell)
U u
Pronounced as ‘U’ sound in Youth
U (he)
Y y
Same as in English, many times used as a vowel.
वअई or something closer to the English letter Y
Used as a vowel. In actual word pronunciation the letter is either sounded as ‘o’, ‘u’ or closer to it or ‘i’.
Ym (not); ‘y’ here has a ‘o’ or ‘u’ sound.
Kyntiew (raise); ‘y’ here has an ‘i’ sound.

Audio:

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