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<blockquote data-quote="reanjr" data-source="post: 1697036" data-attributes="member: 20740">a - there's not really a good way to write an English long a.&nbsp; I suggest leaving it as &quot;a&quot;, while writing short a as &quot;ah&quot; [edit] I suppose this doesn't work if you are going for a short &quot;a&quot; as in &quot;apple&quot;...e - don't quite remember if short e in Khuzdul is pronounced like short e in English.&nbsp; If so, I'd write short e &quot;eh&quot; or just &quot;e&quot; and write long e &quot;ee&quot;i - This is one that is a bit clumsy, but you could use &quot;eye&quot; for long i.o - long o &quot;oh&quot;, short o leave as &quot;o&quot;u - from what I remember of Khuzdul, short u and long u are like oo in took and moon respectively.&nbsp; This is one that I can't think of a good way for English speakers to see it and know which is which.&nbsp; But sticking to one method or another (&quot;oo&quot; for long u, and &quot;u&quot; for short u or vice versa) would at least tell the reader that the two sound differently, if not exactly how each sounds.I don't remember Khuzdul having diphthongs, so that should pretty much be it.&nbsp; Although Khuzdul wasn't a very explored language, so it's possible that we just don't know about the diphthongs.As a curiosity, are you using the Semitic-style word roots from Khuzdul?&nbsp; Like KH_Z_D and D_N are the roots of Khazad-dun and depending on what vowels you put in, you get something different?Also, if you are at all interested, I designed a loosely inspired Khuzdul style language.&nbsp; I did quite a bit of research on it, starting with Tolkien then moving to real-life linguistics and philology.&nbsp; It may spark some ideas.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="reanjr, post: 1697036, member: 20740"] a - there's not really a good way to write an English long a. I suggest leaving it as "a", while writing short a as "ah" [edit] I suppose this doesn't work if you are going for a short "a" as in "apple"... e - don't quite remember if short e in Khuzdul is pronounced like short e in English. If so, I'd write short e "eh" or just "e" and write long e "ee" i - This is one that is a bit clumsy, but you could use "eye" for long i. o - long o "oh", short o leave as "o" u - from what I remember of Khuzdul, short u and long u are like oo in took and moon respectively. This is one that I can't think of a good way for English speakers to see it and know which is which. But sticking to one method or another ("oo" for long u, and "u" for short u or vice versa) would at least tell the reader that the two sound differently, if not exactly how each sounds. I don't remember Khuzdul having diphthongs, so that should pretty much be it. Although Khuzdul wasn't a very explored language, so it's possible that we just don't know about the diphthongs. As a curiosity, are you using the Semitic-style word roots from Khuzdul? Like KH_Z_D and D_N are the roots of Khazad-dun and depending on what vowels you put in, you get something different? Also, if you are at all interested, I designed a loosely inspired Khuzdul style language. I did quite a bit of research on it, starting with Tolkien then moving to real-life linguistics and philology. It may spark some ideas. [/QUOTE]

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