Word Letters

Word letters are the fundamental letters of Rainian Phonetica. They represent the common pronunciations of letters when they are used within a word.

Rainian Phonetica has 23 word letters:

a b d e f g h i j k l m n o p r s t u v w y z

Word-Letter Vowels

Letter	Pronunciation	Example
a	like the a in apple	apple
e	like the e in bed	bed
i	like the i in sit	sit
o	like the o in sock	sock
u	like the u in cup	cup

Word-Letter Consonants

Letter	Pronunciation	Example
b	like the b in bat	bat
d	like the d in dog	dog
f	like the f in fish	fish
g	like the g in go	go
h	like the h in hat	hat
j	like the j in jump	jump
k	like the k in kite	kite
l	like the l in leg	leg
m	like the m in man	man
n	like the n in net	net
p	like the p in pen	pen
r	like the r in red	red
s	like the s in sun	sun
t	like the t in top	top
v	like the v in van	van
w	like the w in wet	wet
y	like the y in yes	yes
z	like the z in zoo	zoo

Why are C, Q, and X excluded?

The letters c, q, and x are not word letters because their common pronunciations can already be represented using other Rainian Phonetica word letters.

C

The pronunciation of c can be represented by k or s:

• Hard c → k
• Soft c → s

Q

The pronunciations commonly represented by q can be represented by existing letters:

• qu → kw
• q → k in words such as antique and unique

X

The common pronunciations of x can also be represented using existing letters:

• x → ks, as in fox, box, and fix
• x → z in words such as xylophone

Because these sounds are already represented by other letters or letter combinations, c, q, and x are unnecessary as word letters.