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In this article it was proved, that Novoslovnica and an Interslavic language in common should possess 49 phonemes. Novoslovnica seeks to bijective reflection of phonemes and letters, thus there are 49 letters in its alphabet too (with the soft symbol as addition).

You should know that in Novoslovnica primary softness belongs to vowels rather than consonants. That is because of the fact that with combination of “consonant + vowel” we can always determinedly understand what the consonant is like – hard or soft. 

It the next table you can see the letters in Latin and Cyrillic script with examples for English reader and references with the phonemes.

#LatinCyrillicIPAAllophonesExamples
1A aА а[a]Example, past (British forms)
2Á áĀ ā[a:][ɑ]Mark, park
3Ä äЯ я[æ]Cat, rat (American English)
4Å åÅ å[ʌ]Cut, wonder
5B bБ б[b][bj]Better, bear
6C cЦ ц[t͡s][t͡sj]Tea, team (In some American or British dialects), Zeit (Deutsch)
7Č čЧ ч[ʈ͡ʂ][t͡ɕ], [t͡ʃ]Cheese, check
8D dД д[d][ɟ]Do, dinner
9Đ đЏ џ[ɖ͡ʐ][d͡ʑ], [d͡ʒ]John, Jun
10E eЕ е[ɛ]Pet, set
11É éĒ ē[ɛ:][ɜ]Bread, эхо (rus. echo)
12Ë ëЄ є[e̞]Crederci (it. to think), Человек (ru. human)
13Ě ěѢ ѣ[e][ɪ]Петух (rus. cock)
14Ę ęѦ ѧ[ɛ̃][ɛŋ]Pain (fr. bread)
15F fФ ф[f][ʋ̥], [fj], [ʋ̥j]Feather, phone
16G gГ г[ɦ][ɦj], [ɣ], [ɣj]Horn, behind (Australian English)
17Ĝ ĝҐ ґ[g][gj]Go, grow
18H hХ х[x][h], [xj], [hj]Hair, horror
19I iИ и[ɨ]Kitten, rid
20Ï ïІ і[i]Meet, seat
21Ǐ ǐЙ й[j]My, tie (the last part of the diphthong)
22Į įĮ į[ɛ̃][iŋ]Evening, morning
23J jЈ ј[ʝ]Yogurt, yard
24K kК к[k]Calm. pocket
25L lЛ л[l][ʎ], [l̥]Lemon, climate
26M mМ м[m][mj]Month, memory
27N nН н[n][ɲ]Noun, coin
28O oО о[o]Cotton
29Ó óŌ ō[o:][ɔ]Pole
30Ö öЁ ё[ɵ]Bird, sir
31Ô ôÔ ô[o̞]Pool, good
32Ò òЪ ъ[ə]Renner (du. runner), bitte (ge. please)
33P pП п[p][pj]Pear, sweep
34R rР р[r][rj]Through
35Ř řҎ ҏ[r̥][r̥j]Rhagfyr (welsh. december), norsk (no. norwegian)
36S sС с[s][sj]Press, costume
37Ŝ ŝЅ ѕ[d͡z][d͡zj]Day, dime (In some American or British dialects)
38Š šШ ш[ʂ][ɕ], [ʃ]Shine, mushroom
39T tТ т[t][c]Todd, torture
40Ŧ ŧѲ ѳ[ѳ]Throne, health
41U uУ у[u]Put
42Ú úӮ ӯ[u:][ʉ]Poor
43Ü üЮ ю[ʉ]Pure, cure
44Ų ųѪ ѫ[ɔ̃][oŋ], [uŋ], [aŋ]Quand (fr. when)
45Ŭ ŭЎ ў[w][ɥ]Wonder, way
46V vВ в[v][vj], [ʋ], [ʋj]Valve, velvet
47Y yЫ ы[ɯ][ɨ]înot (ro. i swim), caol (ir. narrow)
48Z zЗ з[z][zj]Zone, zoo
49Ž žЖ ж[ʐ][ʒ], [ʑ]Closure, measure
50jьSOFT SYMBOL