How to read and say Rinconada

Vowels

In Rinconada, two consecutive vowels are pronounced separately.

Unaccented Rinconada vowels

a

like the u in cut

e

like the e in bed

i

like the i in sit

o

like the au in author

u

like the oo in foot

ə

like the a in afraid

Accented Rinconada vowels

ā

like the a in far

ē

like the a in hand

ī

like the ee in see

ō

like the o in off

ū

like the oo in soon

ə̄

like the e in later

Consonants

Rules for letter [ j ]. Unlike other letters in Rinconada native alphabet, letter /j/ is always accompanied by letter /d/ if it is in the middle of a word. Otherwise, single /j/ is to be placed. Moreover, it's the only non-gliding consonant that cannot be found at the end of a word in any native Rinconada vocabulary.

b

as in bee

k

as in key

d

as in dough

g

as in gold

h

as in heat

ɣ

as in Spanish trabajo

j

as in joke

l

as in let

m

as in me

n

as in nice

ng

as in song

p

as in pea

r

as in raw

s

as in sea

t

as in tea

w

as in weak

y

as in you

Some consonants are borrowed from Spanish and English and are used in writing names of places and personal names.

c

like c in scare (before a, o, u)

like c in pencil (before e or i)

f

like f in fine

j

like h in ham

ll

although not a letter in the Philippines but of Spanish influence, pronounced as ly

ñ

like ny in canyon

q

like q in quest (always with a silent u)

v

pronounced the same way as b (see above) like b in elbow.

x

like x in flexible

like ss in hiss (at beginning of a word)

like h as in he in the family name Roxas

z

like s in supper

Common diphthongs

[aw]

balaw 'fermented shrimp or krill'

[w]

sigew 'spine'

[iw]

isiw 'chick'

[ow]

aldow (sinaranəw dialect) 'sun'

[uw]

taluw (sinaranəw dialect) 'scared'

[əw]

sabəw 'soup'

[ai]

maray 'good'

[ɔi]

kawoy (sinaranəw dialect) 'wood/tree'

[ui]

baluy (sinaranəw dialect) 'house'

[əɪ]

sabləy 'hang'