D'ni script
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- For information about using D'ni script in articles, see MYSTlore:D'ni text input. For the font, see D'ni Script.
The modern D'ni alphabet differed from archaic D'ni writing and that of Terahnee. Transliterations are given in the Old Transliteration Standard and the New Transliteration Standard, with International Phonetic Alphabet equivalents. The transliteration used on MYSTlore is a variant of the Old Transliteration Standard, indicated by bold letters in the OTS column.
| D'ni | OTS | NTS | IPA | English equivalent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ' | ' | ' | ə after a consonant. ʔ after a vowel.[1] | away, about after a consonant. Glottal stop after a vowel |
| v | v | v | v | vine, victory |
| b | b | b | b | boy, book |
| t | t | t | t | toy, tape |
| s | s | s | s | song, sit |
| S | sh | š | ʃ | shield, shame |
| j | j | j | dʒ | judge, joy |
| g | g | g | g | gone, goal |
| y | y | y | j | yellow, yawn |
| k | kh | x | x | Scots loch, German Bach |
| K | k | k | k | cat, king |
| a | ah | a | ɑ | ah, father |
| I | ai/I | á | ɑɪ | time, fly |
| f | f | f | f | fall, fold |
| p | p | p | p | part, plow |
| i | i(h) | i | ɪ | hit, click |
| E | ee | í | i | see, feet |
| e | e(h) | e | ε | met, edge |
| A | ai/ay | é | eɪ | pay, ape |
| r | r | r | ɾ | a flapped r |
| m | m | m | m | map, make |
| T | th | þ | θ | thin, thorn |
| d | dh | ð | ð | the, that |
| D | d | d | d | dog, dart |
| h | h | h | h | hat, home |
| o | o | o | o | open, oak |
| O | oy | ó | oɪ | toy, ploy |
| c | ch | ç | tʃ | church, thatch |
| w | w | w | w | wing, watch |
| u | u(h) | u | ʌ | cut, mud |
| U | oo | ú | u | boot, loot |
| x | ts | c | ts | pizza, lots |
| l | l | l | l | laugh, tall |
| å | a | æ | æ | cat, mad |
| z | z | z | z | zoo, zombie |
| n | n | n | n | new, night |
