Diphthongs
| aj | as | eye | in | Engl. | "eye." |
| oj | " | oy | " | " | "boy." |
| aŭ | " | ow | " | " | "cow." |
| (eŭ | " | e...w | " | " | "get wet": this sound does not often occur.) |
Consonants
These are pronounced as in English, except the following:
| c | as | ts | in | Engl. | "bits." |
| ĉ | " | ch | " | " | "church." |
| g | " | g | " | " | "give." |
| ĝ | " | g | " | " | "gentle." |
| ĥ | " | ch | " | Scotch "loch," or German "ich." | |
| j | " | y | " | Engl. "yes." | |
| ĵ | " | s | " | " | "pleasure." |
| ŝ | " | sh | " | " | "shilling." |
| ŭ | " | w | " | " | "cow" (only occurs in the diphthongs aŭ and eŭ). |
Accent
Always upon the last syllable but one.
Example
The first few lines of piece I in the following specimens may be thus figured for English readers: