Pronunciation and Phonology

Phonology


The following matrix represents all the possible syllables in olo. Please note that while there are vowel only syllables there are no consonant only sylables. As a result no olo word ends in a consonant. Also it should be noted that olo has it's own orthography. This is just the romanized form of it.



ɑ / a

i

u / u

eɪ / e

oʊ / o

-

a

i

u

e

o

k

ka

ki

ku

ke

ko

t

ta

ti

tu

te

to

n

na

ni

nu

ne

no

v

va

ve

vu

ve

vo

h

ha

hi

hu

he

ho

p

pa

pi

pu

pe

po

m

ma

mi

mu

me

mo

l

la

li

lu

le

lo

w

wa


wu


wo

j / y

ya

yi

yu

ye

yo


a sounds like the "a" in  ha. To write the "ha" sound in olo is just the same ("ha").

i sounds like the "ee"s in see. To make the "see" sound in olo you'd write "si".

u sounds like the "ue" in sue. To make the "sue" sound in olo you'd write "su".

e sounds like the "ay" in hay. To make the "hay" sound in olo you'd write "he".

o sounds like tho "o" in so. The "so" sound, like "ha" is written the same as in English. 


The consonants are all pronounced in the standard English way.