There are 25 letters in the Duжar alphabet: 19 consonants (b d f g h k l m n p r s t v w x y ж џ), and five vowels (a e i o u).
Consonants
All the consonants are pronounced like any person who speaks a English would expect them to be.
| letter | pronounced as in |
| b | bat |
| d | thug |
| f | first |
| g | gone |
| h | hat |
| k | kill |
| l | let |
| m | met |
| n | net |
| p | pit |
| r | rat |
| s | sink |
| t | too |
| v | vase |
| w | wet |
| y | yes |
| ж | ckh (spitting) |
|
џ |
zh (like shh but with a z) |
As you might have noticed, there are two more letters that you probably haven't seen before. The letter 'ж', and 'џ'. These are wildly different than any of the other characters, but you will get used to them. Also this is the alphabet in the Latin script, click to see Duжar script.
Vowels
Duжar's vowels are quite unlike English's. Whereas vowels in English are quite arbitrary and can be pronounced tons of different ways depending on the word, Duжar's vowels are all regular and never change pronunciation. Now the only hard part is learning the vowels and being able to apply them.
If you're familiar with Italian, Spanish, Esperanto, or certain other languages, then your work is already cut out for you. The vowels are the same in Duжar as they are in these languages.
| letter | pronounced as in |
| a | father |
| e | met |
| i | peel |
| o | more |
| u | food |
The More Advanced Stuff
1. All official Duжar words (which are all the words such as toжa and akten that can be found in the Duжar to English dictionary) are never capitalized because in Duжar there is only one case. (Lower!)
2. The only time that capital letters are used is when you are using unofficial words, like the names of people or places or.
5. Accent is always on the first syllable.