Spoken Djelian For Dummies: Theory

[Editor in Chief]

Now that you have learned how to read the great and noble language of Djelibeybi, you can learn how to understand others when they speak it. As with written Djelian, this guide is only effective for understanding, and not for communicating yourself.

The rules are somewhat similar to written Djelian. Vowels are typically ignored, with the lone exception that single vowels (a/e/i/o/u) and "j", when not adjacent to any other letters, will be translated as "not", unless they are followed by a period, in which case they are simply dropped and only the period is heard. Capital letters are irrelevant, and punctuation remains the same when translated. Words are separated by a space, and syllables within a word are separated by dashes (-).

Spoken Djelian is typically easier to interpret than written. Instead of ignoring and dropping any consonant combinations that do not have a direct translation, in spoken Djelian they are broken down into single consonants or double consonant combinations. Hence "Gwydion", which would ignore "Gwyd" entirely in written Djelian and read only as "n", would be spoken by a Djelian speaker as "pran-mit-yih-khot-khin" (g-w-y-d-n) instead.

 a  = not
 e  = not
 i  = not
 j  = not
 o  = not
 u  = not
 a.  = .

bhon = v
bhib = rr
bibh = r
bil = sh
bin = nn
bit = pp
but = q
calh = h
dhak = gl
Djel = djel
Djeli-beybi = djelibeybi
fin = nd (end/and)
fit = ll
ghot = s
gom = dr
khan = cc
khat = tr
khil = sl
khin = n
khot = d, dj
lakh = pt
lam = gr
lap = gg
lat = t
let = ch
lip = l
lith = sp
mat = cr
mhak = vr
mit = w
nhad = gh
nit = bb
nut = c
pat = bl
phin = m
phon = ck
pran = g
prin = p
rakh = ct
rhab = ff
rham = dd
rhat = tt
rimh = wr
rip = mm
sap = th
sat = fr
set = cl
sikh = pr
sin = z
sot = k (okay)
than = f
thon = ss
tip = x
what = b
whit = st
yih = y

b = what
bb = nit
bl = pat
c = nut
cc = khan
ch = let
ck = phon
cl = set
cr = mat
ct = rakh
d = khot
dd = rham

 djel  = Djel
 djelibeybi  = Djeli-beybi

dr = gom
f = than
ff = rhab
fr = sat
g = pran
gg = lap
gh = nhad
gl = dhak
gr = lam
h = calh
k = sot
l = lip
ll = fit
m = phin
mm = rip
n = khin
nn = bin
p = prin
pp = bit
pr = sikh
pt = lakh
q = but
r = bibh
rr = bhib
s = ghot
sh = bil
sl = khil
sp = lith
ss = thon
st = whit
t = lat
th = sap
tr = khat
tt = rhat
v = bhon
vr = mhak
w = mit
wr = rimh
x = tip
y = yih
z = sin