Variant systems differ about whether /ŋ/ should encode 2 and classified together with /n/, 7 and classified together with /k/ and /ɡ/ or even 27 (e.g. They can appear anywhere in a word without changing its number value. Vowel sounds, semivowels (/j/ and /w/) and /h/ do not correspond to any number. H, y, w, a, e, i, o, u, silent letters, c (in packet and chutzpah), d (in judge), j (in Hallelujah and jalapeno), ll (in tortilla), the first p in sapphire, t (in match), one of doubled letters in most contexts The labial stops /p/ and /b/ form a voiceless and voiced pair. Lower case b looks like the numeral 9 turned 180°. Upper case P and lower case p look like the numeral 9 flipped horizontally. The labiodental fricatives /f/ and /v/ form a voiceless and voiced pair. Lower case script f, which tends to have an upper and lower loop, looks like a figure- 8. The velar stops /k/ and /ɡ/ form a voiceless and voiced pair.į, ph (in phone), v, gh (as sounded in laugh) G is also the 7th letter of the alphabet. In some fonts, the lower-right part of the upper case G looks like a 7. K, hard c, q, hard g, ch (as sounded in loch),īoth upper case K and lower case k look like two small 7s on their sides. The postalveolar affricates /tʃ/ and /dʒ/ form a voiceless and voiced pair, as do the similar-sounding postalveolar fricatives /ʃ/ and /ʒ/. In some serif fonts, upper case CH, SH and ZH each have six serifs. Lower case script j tends to have a lower loop, like the numeral 6. Upper case G and lower case g look like the numeral 6 flipped horizontally and rotated 180° respectively. Among the five digits of one's left hand, the thumb and index fingers also form an L.Ĭh (in cheese and chef), j, soft g, sh, c ( as sounded in cello and special), cz ( as sounded in Czech), s ( as sounded in tissue and vision), sc ( as sounded in fascist), sch ( as sounded in schwa and eschew), t ( as sounded in ration and equation), tsch (in putsch), z (in seizure) Both upper case M and lower case m each have three points on the baseline and look like the numeral 3 on its side.įour ends with r (and /r/ in rhotic accents). Upper case N and lower case n each have two vertical strokes and two points on the baseline. The alveolar stops /t/ and /d/ form a voiceless and voiced pair, as do the similar-sounding dental fricatives /θ/ and /ð/, though some variant systems may omit the latter pair. Upper case T and D, as well as lower case t and d have one vertical stroke each, as with the numeral 1. The alveolar fricatives /s/ and /z/ form a voiceless and voiced pair.
Upper case S and Z, as well as lower case s and z, have zero vertical strokes each, as with the numeral 0. These can be used as "fillers" to make sensible words from the resulting consonant sequences.
For example, the letters C in "cat", "Cynthia", and "cello" each have different values in the system – 7, 0, and 6, respectively.) Vowels, semivowels and the consonant /h/ are ignored. (In other words, the link is to the sound, not the letter. Each numeral is associated with one or more consonants.
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