Lingwa De Planeta (Lidepla) Grammar With Examples

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The LdP alphabet is based on the Latin one and contains 25 letters:

A B Ch D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z a b ch d e f g h i j k l m n o p r s t u v w x y z

There is no letter q, and c is used only in combination ch.

Consonants

b like b in bar ch like ch in cheers d like d in duck f like f in fish g like g in groom h like ch in the German Fach (recommended), or h in home j like j in jack k like k in cake, aspirated l like l in love m like m in mamma n like n in nanny p like p in papa, aspirated r Any kind of rhotic sound will do. After a vowel it is to be pronounced, however articulated s like s in Sunday. Between vowels it may be voiced to some degree sh like sh in shoe t like t in type, aspirated v like v in vale (also admissible like w in wall) w like w in wall z like dz in adze

The combination ng at the end of a word is pronounced as one sound: [ŋ] (like in doing) is preferred, but [n] is also possible. In the middle of a word this combination is read exactly as combination of n plus g.

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