Progāza uses a pretty standard romanization.
You might have noticed the macron (ā) above each letter. That marks stress AND length. it can be substituted with an accute accent (á) or just a double vowel (aa).
How do you pronounce the letters?
a [a] a in father*
b [b] same as english
č [tʃ] ch in chair (alt: ch)
d [d] same as english
ð [ð] th in this (alt: dh)
e [e] e in bed
f [f] same in english
g [g] g in game
h [h] same in english (never silent)
i [i] i in pizza
y [ɪ] i in him
j [j] y in yes
k [k] same in english
l [l] same in english
m [m] same in english
o [o] o in cold
p [p] same in english
r [r] tap/trill r, no english equivalent
s [s] same in english
š [ʃ] sh in shoeshine (alt: sh)
t [t] same in english
þ [þ] th in thing (alt: th)
u [u] oo in boot
v [v] same in english
z [z] same in english
ž [ʒ] si in vision (alt: zh)
DIPHTHONGS
ai [ai] i in fire
au [au] ou in house
ei [ei] a in late
oi [oi] oy in boy
ou [ou] o in home
p, b, t, d, k, g cannot end a syllable, if you are transliterating something into progāza with one of those letters at the end, add a vowel to the end.
- APPROXIMATE. Please listen to a youtube video from Tavȳza to learn how to pronounce it properly, or just use the approximation that i provided.