On this page I will try to give a short over-view of the consonant sounds that occur in Lhuvan phonetics. Here you find some important information about the phonetic alphabet I use for transcribing.

In Lhuvan there are no so-called "exotic sounds". All sounds are egressive and pulmonic. No ejectives, no implosives and no clicks.

Let's start with the plosives [p b t d k g]. Please note that aspiration is not phonemic in New Common Lhuvan.

/p/ bilabial as in English "pie" /paI/.

/b/ bilabial as in English "buy" /baI/.

/t/ alveolar as in English "tie" /taI/.

/d/ alveolar as in English "die" /daI/.

/k/ velar as in English "kye" /kaI/.

/g/ velar as in English "guy" /gaI/.

Next are the nasal stops [m n N].

/m/ bilabial as in English "ram" /ræm/.

/n/ alveolar as in English "ran" /ræn/.

/N/ velar as in English "rang" /ræN/ or in Quenya "noldo".

Now the fricatives [f v T D s z l S Z C J x g H]

/f/ labio-dental as in English "fie" /faI/.

/v/ labio-dental as in English "vie" /vaI/. Voiced [f].

[T] dental as in English "thigh" /TaI/. Voiceless [D].

/D/ dental as in English "thy" /DaI/.

/s/ alveolar as in English "sigh" /saI/.

[z] alveolar as in German "sei" /zaI/. Voiced [s].

[l] alveolar lateral as Welsh 'll'. May be voiced as well as voiceless.

/S/ post-alveolar as in English "shy" /SaI/.

/Z/ post-alveolar as in English "vision" /vIZn/. Voiced [S].

[C] palatal as in German "ich" /IC/.

[J] palatal. Voiced [C].

/x/ velar as in "loch" /låx/ or German "Bach" /bax/.

[g] velar as Greek 'g'. Voiced [x].

/H/ glottal as in English "behind" [bIHaInd], "ahead" [@Hed].

The approximants [w r l L j]

/w/ labio-velar as in English "why" /waI/.

/r/ post-alveolar similar to (but not the same as) English "rhy" /raI/. It approximately sounds like British 'r' with a bit of [z] in it.

/l/ post-alveolar lateral similar to (but again not the same as) English "lie" /laI/.

[L] velarized post-alveolar lateral similar to English "file" [faIL] or "talc" [tæLk].

/j/ palatal as in "yes" /jes/.

[Lhuvan phonology 2]