Phonology

Yambúrz has a rather large inventory of consonants: b, d, f, ȝ (usually spelled as g or gh) [ɣ], h [ħ], k [x], szh [d͡ʒ], kh [χ], l, m, n, p, q, r [r], s, s [ʒ], sh, t, þ [θ], v, y [j], z, z [d͡ʑ], ž [d͡z], mb [ᵐb], mp [ᵐp], nd [ⁿd], nt [ⁿt], nþ [ⁿθ], mk [ᵐx], mȝ (or mg) [ᵐɣ], md [ᵐð], mz [ⁿz], nk [ⁿx], ng [ⁿɣ], mþ [ᵐθ], dz [t͡ɕ], nq [ⁿq], dh/d [ð], h [ʔ]. The last one is a voiceless consonant. You can approximate the pronunciation of this voiceless consonant by taking a sudden breath before pronouncing the next consonant as in uh-oh.

The Yambúrz consonant k has the sound of ch, as in German “echt, acht” or the Scottish loch.

The remaining consonants are mostly pronounced as they are in Spanish, with the exception of kh, g, h, and y.

Yambúrz s its own script, the Ulûgrâp, but most Yambúrz writing uses a modified form of the Latin alphabet.

Yambúrz has 10 vowels (â, a, i, î, i [ɪ], o, ô, u, û, ı) but they do not have the same pronunciation as English. A representation of these sounds in typical English-dictionary style would be aa, a, ee, eeh, ay, o, ou, oo, ooh, and ugh.

There are only a few diphthongs allowed to exist au, yi [jæəi], ai, and oi. This is in direct opposition to Quenya which allows many dipathongs.