Grafeya romane e fonno chleweye
(Chleweyish Roman Orthography)

Orthography

The usual way for representing vowels is:

phoneme(SAMPA)usual wayalternative
i i i
i: ey i
ju ju ew iw
e e e
ɛ E ee e
æj {j ay
a a a
ɔ O oo o
ɔw Ow aw
o o o
oj oj oy
u u u
u: ow
wi wi uy

stressed vowels are long if following consonant is short.  ey and ow are used mainly in unstressed positions or when followed by a consonant cluster

The usual way for representing consonants is:

phoneme(SAMPA)usual waybefore front vowels
p p p
t t t
k k c k
m m m
n n n
ɲ J ny
ts ts z
dZ gy g
dj\ dj
tC cy c
β B b
v v v
f f f
ð D d
s s s
ʝ j\ y or j
ç C sy
ɣ G g gh
x x ch
h h h
l l l
r r r
kw kw qu
hw hw w

long consonants in intervocalic positions are geminated (doubled).

y is preffered over j, except in some borrowings or when using y can be confusing.

Reading a text

The sound of the vowels is

symbolstressed shortstressed longunstressed
a aa A: ə@
aw ɔwOw ɔːwO:w əʊ @U
ay æj {j æːj {:j aI
e ɛ E e: ə @
ee ɛː E: ɛ E
ey i: i i
ew ju ju juː ju: jU
i i i i: ɪ I
iw ju ju juː ju: jU
o ɔ O o: o o
oo ɔː O: ɔ O
ow u: u u
oy ɔj Oj oːj o:j ɔɪ OI
u u u u: ʊ U
uy wi wi wiː wi: wI

The sound of the consonants is

symbolusual soundbefore front vowels
b β B
c k k tC
ch x x
cy tC
d ð D
dj dj\
f f f
g ɣ G dZ
gh ɣ G
gy dZ
h h h
j ʝ j\
k k k
l l l
m m m
n n n
ny ɲ J
p p p
q
qu kw kw
r r r
s s s
sy ç C
t t t
v v v
w hw hw
y ʝ j\
x
z ts ts

x has no value in Chleweyish, can be read as /s/, /ts/, /ç/ or /ks/ (/s/, /ts/, /C/, /ks/) according to the pronunciation of the loaning language.

q has no value in Chleweyish. Usually realized as /k/ (/k/).