English Diacriticmaxxing
RULES
Consonants are doubled after stressed vowels to indicate that they are short. If a diacritic needs to be placed on a doubled consonant, it only needs to be placed on the first consonant.
Stressed vowels without a diacritic before a consonant cluster are assumed short.
UNSTRESSED DEFAULT VOWELS
<A a> [ə] as in abôv
<E e> [ə] as in dĩet
<I i> [i] as in prėti
<O o> [ow] word finally as in cargo or before final <s z> as in tangoz. [ə] otherwise as in attom.
<U u> [ə] as in circumstanç
STRESSED DEFAULT VOWELS
<A a> [æ] when short as in catt, [ej] when long as in mat.
<E e> [ɛ] when short as in pett, [i] when long as in çen.
<I i> [ɪ] when short as in pitt, [aj] when long as in bit.
<O o> [ɒ] when short as in pott, [ow] when long as in ton.
<U u> [ʌ] when short as in cutt, [ju] when long as in mut.
STRESSED RHOTIC DEFAULT VOWELS
<Ar ar> [ɛɚ] as in far.
<Arr arr> [ɑɹ] as in arr.
<Er er> [ɪɚ] as in mer.
*<*Err err> [ɚ] as in herr.
<Ir ir> [ajɚ] as in fir.
<Irr irr> [ɚ] as in ẇirr.
<Or or> [ɔɹ] as in mor.
<Ur ur> [juɚ] as in the British pronunciation of ur.
<Urr urr> [ɚ] as in urrbãn.
THE TILDE
<Ã ã> [ej] as in xampãn.
<Ãr ãr> [ɛɚ] as in vãriaxon.
<Ẽ ẽ> [i] as in bẽ.
<Ĩ ĩ> [aj] as in mĩ.
<Ĩr ĩr> [ajɚ] as in vampĩr.
<Õ õ> [ow] as in sõ.
<Ũ ũ> [ju] as in ũ.
THE LINE
<A̍ a̍> [æ*] as *in** y**e̍a̍.
*<*E̍ e̍> *[*ɛ] as in ye̍a̍.
<I̍ i̍> [ɪ] a*s in** ***wi̍þót
<O̍ o̍> *[ɒ] as*** ****in cão̍s
<U̍ u̍> [ʌ*] *as in** u̍ndo̊
THE MACRON
<Ā ā> [ɑ] as in fāðer.
<Ē ē> [ej] as in cafē.
<Ēr ēr> [ɛɚ] as in wēr.
<Ī ī> [i] as in maxīn.
<Īr īr> [ɪɚ] as in menhīr.
<Ō ō> [ɔ] as in bōt.
<Ū ū> [u] as in sūper.
<Ūr ūr> [ʊɚ] as in gūrū.
THE GRAVE
<À à> [aj] as in pàēa.
<È è> [aj] as in è.
<Ò ò> [wɑ] as in patò.
<Ù ù> [jə] as in falùr.
THE ACUTE
<Á á> [aw] as in tá.
<É é> [oj] as in Frédian.
<Ó ó> [aw] as in nó.
<Ú ú> [jʊ] as in úranium.
THE CIRCUMFLEX
<Â â> [ʌ] as in Mâgrebb.
<Êr êr> [ɑɹ] as in sêrgent.
<Î î> [æ] as in merîṅ.
<Ô ô> [ʌ] as in sôm.
THE DIAERESIS
<Ä ä> [ɛ] as in äni.
<Ï ï> [ə] as in evïl.
<Ö ö> [ə] as in Möbius.
<Ü ü> [ɛ] as in büri.
THE DOT
The dot makes any vowel pronounced [ɪ]:
<Ȧ ȧ> as in orȧnģ.
<Ė ė> as in Ėṅlix.
<Ȯ ȯ> as in wȯmen.
<U̇ u̇> a*s *in bu̇zi.
THE RING
<Å å> [ɔ] as in ål.
<E̊ e̊> [ow] a*s *in se̊.
<O̊ o̊> [u] a*s *in to̊.
<Ů ů> [ow] as in mův.
THE CARON
<Ǎ ǎ> [ɔ] as in wǎć.
<Ě ě> [ɔ] as in ěnvelõp.
<Ǐ ǐ> [ɔ] as in the American pronunciation of lǐngerē.
<Ǒ ǒ> [ʊ] as in wǒman.
<Ǔ ǔ> [ʊ] as in pǔt.
CONSONANTS
<B b> [b] as in boy.
<C c> [s] before <e i y> as in cent, [k] otherwise as in carr.
*<*Ç ç> [s] as in farrç.
<Ć ć> [t͡ʃ] as in* sändwi*ć.
<D d> [d] as in dogg.
<F f> [f] as in fo̊d.
<G g> [d͡ʒ] before <e i y> as in** ginn, [g] othe*rwise** *as in* gas*s.
<Ģ ģ> [d͡ʒ] as in* briģg*.
<Ġ ġ> [g] as in ġirl.
<H h> [h] as in hatt.
<Ḣ ḣ> [x] as in lōḣ.
<J j> [ʒ] as in vijjon.
<K k> [k] as in kappa.
<L l> [ʟ] as in lott.
*<*M m> [m] as in *Memmf***i̍s.
<N n> [ŋ] before hard <c g> and <k q> as in link, [n] otherwise in națral.
<Ṅ ṅ> [ŋ] as in siṅn
<P p> [p] as in plaç.
<Q q> [k] as in Qurān.
<R r> [ɹ] as in redd.
<S s> [s] as in stopp.
<T t> [t] as in topp.
*<*Ț ț> [t͡ʃ] as in* qwesțo*n
*<*Þ þ> [θ] as in þink.
<V v> [v] as in vett.
<W w> [w] as in wip.
<Ẇ ẇ> [ʍ] as in ẇićc.
<X x> [ʃ] as in prexxur.
<Y y> [j] as in yess.
<Z z> [z] as in zilofõn.
<Ż ż> [t͡s] as in* pīża*.
SAMPLE TEXT
Consonants arr dôbld after stressd vóelz to̊ indicãt ðatt ðē arr xort. Iff a dĩacriti̍c nẽdz to̊ bẽ plãçt on a dôbld consonant, itt õnli nẽdz to̊ bẽ plãçt on ðe first consonant.
Stressd vowelz wi̍þót a dĩacriti̍c bẽfor a consonant cluster arr asumd xort.