First of all I will introduce the writing system I have designed for Llanito.
First the consonants
b
[b] back
c
[k] (Spanish) cosa [kʰ] cat. After aspirated a,e,i,o,u is pronounced double k or k-kʰ (only used with a, u, o)
ch
[tʃ] chop or
[ʃ] shop
d
[d] dog
[ð] the
f
[f] fat
g
[g] go
[ɣ] sound of the Greek letter gamma
h
no sound, it is joined to other letters to make another sound. The h can appear in a word to differentiate it from another word and in occasions the 'h' indicates stress (e.g ha & a, hesho & esho)
j
[d͡ʒ] jog
l
[l] love
[lʰ]
[l-l]. After aspirated a,e,i,o,u is pronounced double l or l-lʰ
ll
[ʒ] pleasure
m
[m] mat
n
[n] no
[nʰ]. After aspirated a,e,i,o,u is pronounced double n or n-nʰ
[ŋ] think (before c, g, qu)
ng
[ŋ] sing
ñ
[ɲ] (Spanish) niño
p
[p] (Spanish) palo
[pʰ] put. After aspirated a,e,i,o,u is pronounced double p or p-pʰ
qu
[k] (Spanish) cosa
[kʰ] cat. After aspirated a,e,i,o,u is pronounced double k or k-kʰ (only used with e, i)
r
[ɾ] (Spanish) pero
[r] (Spanish) rato (only at the beginning of words or after a 'n')
[ɹ] rat.
rr
[r] (Spanish) perro
s
[s] sit
sh
[ʃ] should
t
[t] tan
[tʰ] talk. After aspirated a,e,i,o,u is pronounced double t or t-tʰ
v
[v] or
[β̞] very
x
[h] house
z
[z] breeze
In following posts I will post the vowels