GOLIC VULCAN-FEDERATION STANDARD
DICTIONARY
Pronunciation & Phonetics
ZHIT-FEIM GOL-VUHLKANSU - TERAYA-EINGELSU
Salasharaya eh Zhit-Ralashan
Below you will find charts of Golic Vulcan vowel-sounds and consonant-sounds with their corresponding Intergalactic Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols. These symbols will eventually be used in all of the Golic Vulcan-Federation Standard English dictionary pages to aid in pronunciation of selected words. If you have not already familiarized yourself with pronunciation, it is suggested that you refer to language Lesson 1. This page will repeat some of that material and explain how the phonetic spelling of Golic Vulcan works in the dictionaries. The phonetic information here is valid for Traditional, Modern, Lowlands and Insular Golic. The charts are in Federation Standard spelling order for ease in reference.
The phonetic spelling of Golic words in our work is basically like that you might find in any good quality Earth dictionary. The phonetic spelling appears inside \ \ directly after the word. The primary stress is indicated by ' before the stressed syllable. Variants of pronunciation for a word follow the preferred Golic version and are separated by a comma. If only a part of the word follows a comma, only that part has an alternate pronunciation. Syllables are separated by a hyphen. The symbol
stands for a glottal stop.If you have any problems understanding the use of phonetic symbols in pronunciation, there are numerous online sources you can search for that explain phonetic alphabets. (Sorry, but this page may only display properly if your browser supports Unicode.)
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Golic Vulcan Vowel-Sounds
Ikatu'azun-Ralashlar Gol-Vuhlkansu
| Golic Vowel Sound |
Phonetic Symbol(s) |
Example Word & Phonetic Spelling |
A | ɑ (previously a) | Dan    \ dɑn \ |
Aa | ɑː | Maat   \ mɑːt \ |
Ah | ɒ' or æ (previously ǎ) | Ahkh   \ ɒ'x , æx \ |
Ai | aɪ (previously ī) | Aid  \ aɪd \ |
Au | aʊ | Aukh  \ aʊx \ |
E | e (previously ě) | Ged   \ ged \ |
Ee | eː | Ees  \ eːs \ (See Note #3) |
Eh (beginning or interior) | ɛ | Weht  \ wɛt \ |
Eh (end of word only) | ɛʔ | Reh  \ rɛʔ \ |
Ei | eɪ (previously ā) | Shei  \  eɪ \ |
I | i | Wis \ wis \ |
Ih (beginning or interior) | ɪ (previously ǐ) | Niht \ nɪt \ |
Ih (end of word only) | ɪʔ | Zih  \ zɪʔ \ |
Ii | iː | Kiit  \ kiːt \ |
O | o or oʊ (previously ō) | Hosh  \ ho , hoʊ \ |
Oh (beginning or interior) | ɔ (previously ŏ) | Ohmor \ ɔ - ' mor \ |
Oh (end of word only) | oʔ | Spoh  \ spoʔ \ |
Oi | ɔɪ | Oik \ ɔɪk \ |
Oo | oː | Ooch  \ oːʧ \ (See Note #3) |
U | u (previously ū) | Vuzh   \ vuʒ \ |
Uh | ʊ or ʌ (and sometimes ə for some speakers) (previously ŭ) |
Guhsh \ gʊ , gʌ \ |
Uu | uː | Uus \ uːs \ |
Uuh | ʊː (see Note #4) | FSE "Book" |Buuhk| \ bʊːk \ |
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interior variant, never the ending variant.
Note #2: >ah< is always pronounced as \ æ \ in transliterating non-Golic words.
Note #3: >ee< and >oo< only appear in ancient or borrowed words used in TGV, MGV & LGV.
Note #4: >uuh< is only used when transliterating non-Golic words and never appears in Golic words.
Note #5: Remember that a glottal stop is an interruption of the breath stream during speech by
closing the glottis.
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Golic Vulcan Consonant-Sounds
Ikastarzun-Ralashlar Gol-Vuhlkansu
| Golic Consonant Sound (and Some Digraphs) |
Phonetic Symbol(s) |
Example Word(s) & Phonetic Spelling |
B | b | Buhn  \ bʊn , bʌn \ |
Ch | ʧ | Achut \ ɑ - ' ʧut \ |
D | d | Dakh \ dɑx \ |
Dzh | ʤ (See Note #1) | Dzhelu  \ ʤe - ' lu \ |
F | f | Fonn  \ fo \ |
G | g | Gish \ giʃ \ |
H | h | Hitra \ ' hi - trɑ \ |
K | k | Kaluk \ kɑ - ' luk \ |
Kh | x | Kheh \ xɛʔ \ |
L | l | Lesh \ leʃ \ |
Ll (when not syllabic) | ɫː | D'mallu  or  \ d - ' mɑ - ɫːu \ |
M | m | Mesh \ meʃ \ |
Mm (end of word only) |  |
Samm or  \ sɑ \ |
N | n | Nash \ nɑʃ \ |
Ng | ŋ | Kling \ kliŋ \ |
Nk | nk (TGV) ŋk (MGV,LGV,IGV) |
Venk \ venk , veŋk \ |
Nn (end of word only) | |
Stonn or  \ sto \ |
P | p | Prel \ prel \ |
R | r | Razh \ rɑʒ \ |
Rr (when not syllabic) | R | Harr \ hɑR \ |
S | s | Sark \ sɑrk \ |
Sh | ʃ | Shaf \ ʃɑf \ |
Ss (when not syllabic) | s |
Tessaya  or  \ te - ' sɑ - jɑ \ |
T |  |
Tesha \ te - ' ʃɑ \ |
Tch | tʃ | Tcha \ tʃɑ \ |
Th (See Note #3) | θ | Thrap  \ θrɑp \ |
Tt (when not syllabic; rare) | t |
Littau \ li - ' taʊ \ |
V | v | Vazh \ vɑʒ \ |
W | w | Wein \ weɪn \ |
Y | j | Yonag \ ' jo - nɑg \ |
Z | z | Zahz \ zɒ'z , zæz \ |
Zh | ʒ | Zhis \ ʒis \ |
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Note #2: Internal double-letter combinations such as "ff", "kk", "mm", and "nn"
are usually split down the middle as part of a syllabic break. For example,
>orfikkel< \ or - fik - ' kel \. The combinations "ll", "rr", "ss", and "tt" can
be trickier; sometimes they break with syllables and sometimes they do
not, depending on the word and its source.
Note #3: "Th" is always hard in the Golic languages, but when a soft "th" is
needed for transliterating non-Golic languages, the Ð or ð symbol is used,
for IPA phonetics it is \
\ and when printing, the Vulcan symbol 
(borrowed from another language) is used. So an FSE word like "weather"
is transliterated into "weðuhr" and would be written out as
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