Alphabet

Our Massalit alphabet has 34 letters.

There are 10 vowels:

• 5 are 'light' or 'open' vowels: a, e, i, o, u
• 5 are 'heavy' or 'closed' vowels: â, ê, î, ô, û

There are 24 consonants:

• b, c, ch, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, mb, n, nd, n̰, nj, ŋ, ŋg, r, s, t, w, y, z

Among the consonants,

• These special letters are not found in English: n̰ and ŋ (n̰ is like 'ny' in English, ŋ is like 'ng' in English)
• These letters are made up of 2 symbols but they represent one sound: ch, mb, nd, nj, ŋg

Study the Alphabet Chart below:

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