24 leturz (26 mainus q and x), plus siks fikst too-letur perz. Dhu referens aksent iz Jenurul Umerikun, bikawz wun aksent had too bee dhu bild targit.

24 letters (26 minus q and x), plus six fixed two-letter pairs. The reference accent is General American, because one accent had to be the build target.

Konsununts

Konsununt perz

This and thin start with difrunt sowndz. Puut yor hand on yor throat and say dhem boath. Ingglish hid dhoaz too sowndz bihaind wun speling, soa Adish splits dhem: dhu, dhat, dhis, dhen, dher.

“This” and “thin” start with different sounds. Put your hand on your throat and say them both. English hid those two sounds behind one spelling, so Adish splits them: dhu, dhat, dhis.

Vowulz

Short vowulz, singgul leturz:

Long vowulz and glaidz, fikst perz:

R-kulurd vowulz ar just u vowul plus r, with noa speshul kaysiz: ar (car → kar), or (for), ur (her → hur, bird → burd), eer (here → heer), er (there → dher, chair → cer), air (fire → fair, wic iz f + ai + r).

R-colored vowels are just a vowel plus r, with no special cases.

Dhu wun mikanikul rool

Perz awlwayz win. sh iz awlwayz dhu ship sownd, never s-dhen-h. Wen too leturz land nekst too eec udhur bai aksidunt and yoo doant wont dhu per, split dhem with u haifun: mishap → mis-hap. Dhu haifun iz dhu iskayp sintaks. It iz awlwayz uvaylubul, and it iz awlwayz vizubul on dhu payj.

Pairs always win. sh is always the “ship” sound, never s-then-h. When two letters collide by accident and you don’t want the pair, split them with a hyphen: mis-hap. The hyphen is the escape syntax, always available and always visible.