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Romanized:may correspond to English:as in:
to
t (before u)		t
t		toroi   'Troy'
tuu   'two'
T before u more closely corresponds to English 'ts'.
u
u + vowel
z
z (before e)
z (before i)
-
w + vowel
th
j
z
d		misu   'miss'
uuru   'wool'
mazaa   'mother'
zerii   'jelly'
iizii   'easy'
sauziarabia   'Saudi Arabia'
Z before i more closely corresponds to English 'j'
or the medial consonant of 'Asia'.
vowel + avowel + rhea   'hair'
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