Neo IAL

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<h2>The Alphabet</h2>
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The ALPHABET comprises 26 letters: 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and 21 consonants:

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		<th class="col0"> Letter </th><th class="col1"> Noun in Neo </th><th class="col2"> Pronunciation </th>
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		<td class="col0"> a </td><td class="col1"> a </td><td class="col2"> that, add </td>
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		<td class="col0"> b </td><td class="col1"> be (bay) </td><td class="col2"> best </td>
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		<td class="col0"> c </td><td class="col1"> ce (chay) </td><td class="col2"> church (1) </td>
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		<td class="col0"> d </td><td class="col1"> de (day) </td><td class="col2"> day </td>
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		<td class="col0"> e </td><td class="col1"> e (ay) </td><td class="col2"> bed, day, Neo </td>
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		<td class="col0"> f </td><td class="col1"> ef </td><td class="col2"> father </td>
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		<td class="col0"> g </td><td class="col1"> ge (gay) </td><td class="col2"> gay, goal </td>
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		<td class="col0"> h </td><td class="col1"> he (hay) </td><td class="col2"> heart, home </td>
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		<td class="col0"> i </td><td class="col1"> i (ee) </td><td class="col2"> is, ear </td>
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		<td class="col0"> j </td><td class="col1"> je (jay) </td><td class="col2"> jet, John </td>
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		<td class="col0"> k </td><td class="col1"> ke (kay) </td><td class="col2"> keep, can </td>
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		<td class="col0"> l </td><td class="col1"> el </td><td class="col2"> long </td>
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		<td class="col0"> m </td><td class="col1"> em </td><td class="col2"> mother </td>
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		<td class="col0"> n </td><td class="col1"> en </td><td class="col2"> no, none </td>
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		<td class="col0"> o </td><td class="col1"> o </td><td class="col2"> lot, note </td>
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		<td class="col0"> p </td><td class="col1"> pe (pay) </td><td class="col2"> poor, person </td>
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		<td class="col0"> q </td><td class="col1"> ku (koo) </td><td class="col2"> queen, cook (2) </td>
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		<td class="col0"> r </td><td class="col1"> er (air) </td><td class="col2"> red, room </td>
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		<td class="col0"> s </td><td class="col1"> es </td><td class="col2"> sit, sister </td>
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		<td class="col0"> t </td><td class="col1"> te (tay) </td><td class="col2"> tool, tea </td>
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		<td class="col0"> u </td><td class="col1"> u (oo) </td><td class="col2"> tool, cook </td>
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		<td class="col0"> v </td><td class="col1"> ve (vay) </td><td class="col2"> vain, void </td>
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		<td class="col0"> w </td><td class="col1"> we (way) </td><td class="col2"> well, way </td>
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		<td class="col0"> x </td><td class="col1"> xe (ksay) </td><td class="col2"> ax (3) </td>
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		<td class="col0"> y </td><td class="col1"> ye (yay) </td><td class="col2"> yes, yet </td>
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		<td class="col0"> z </td><td class="col1"> ze (zay) </td><td class="col2"> zoo, rose </td>
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(1) For letter c pronunciation ts like tsar is acceptable.

(2) Letter q needs no following u to convey its kw sound, just as the sound of x is really ks. Rather thаn proper letters, q and x are convenient signs to replace respectively ku (or kw) and ks; both ku (or kw) and ks are available if preferred.
Letter q is always followed by a, e, i, or o.

(3) Never gz as example

Letter combinations sh and kh are pronounced same as in English.

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<h2>PRONUNCIATION</h2>
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Neo, like Spanish and Italian, is pronounced exactly as it is spelt. No letter is mute.

Every letter has one sound, always the same.

Therefore, if a text is dictated correctly, writing is simple and spelling mistakes are practically excluded.

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<h2>VARIABILITY OF WORDS</h2>
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An ending s is added to nouns and pronouns in the plural.

Verbs are conjugated according to <a href="/doku.php?id=en:neo:rmn:gram:verb" class="wikilink1" title="en:neo:rmn:gram:verb" data-wiki-id="en:neo:rmn:gram:verb">the list</a>.

All other words are invariable.

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<h2>STRESS</h2>
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STRESS falls on :

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<li class="level1"> the last but on syllable of words ending with a vowel: líbro book; táblo table; pátro father; mátro mother; álmo soul; korágo courage; korága courageous; kemío chemistry; serío series; geografío geography; geográfa geographical; distríbo distribution; distríbi to distribute; unálma unanimous; unalméso unanimity.</li>
<li class="level1"> the last syllable of words ending with a consonant: amór love; amík friend; gardén garden; kanón gun; aventúr adventure; experimént experiment; mi amár I love; vu venár you come; zi vidór they will see; vu venúr you would come.</li>
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The s of the plural does not displace the stress: líbros, táblos, mátros, seríos, amíkos, gardános, aventúros, experiméntos.

Letter y, being a consonant, cannot carry the stress: fólyo leaf; dólyo mourning, dólyi to mourn; sérye seriously (seríe means “in series”).

Before another vowel, i always gets stress, even in words that already have another stress: folío madness; míopío shortsightedness; bíologío biology.

Stress never falls on the vowel u in the combination guo: línguo language; ambígue ambiguously, or after a and e: pláudi to applause; káuzo cause; kláuzo clause; áuto motor-car; néutra neutral; réumo rheumatism; réuma rheumatic.

Compound words have two or more stresses, each component keeping its own stress: dórfoskól village school; ártístor Art-History; ísnón nineteen; nónek nónisnón 999; vírvéstdepartmént men’s-clothing-department.

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