Ido for All - English course for learning Ido

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Ido uses all the 26 letters found in the English alphabet. There are no silent letters. Every letter in a word must be pronounced. Each letter has its own particular sound value which distinguishes it from all others. There are no double letters, except where both are to be pronounced separately.

Consonants

Most consonants have exactly the same pronunciation as in English:

b, d, f, к, 1, m, n, p, t, v, w, z, qu, sh.

The other consonants are revised in Ido as follows:

с - as "ts" in bits (Ido "ca" is pronounced "tsa"), never as in the English "k" or "s" sounds used for "c".

g - always as the hard "g" in get, never as the soft "g" in "gin".

h - always sounded, honoro [ho-NOR-o] - never silent as it is sometimes in English:honor [ON-er].

j - voiced "s" as in French, i.e. like the "s" in pleasure.

r - rolled (tongue-flick) if possible, but in any case always pronounced, even in such words as portar [porr-TARR].

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