The Language of the Okoda people (called Dega) does not use the same consonants or vowels as English does.
it uses the consonants: Z, S, D, T, G, K, Ŋ (NG), N, M, R (tapped against the back of the teeth like Spanish, but not rolled), and L. It uses the vowels: U (rude), E (fate), I (need), O (like french "o" (don't open the mouth so wide)), and A (got).
Another part of phonetics is emphasis, which letter is said the strongest; emphasis does have a little bit of variation. If the word doesn't always have at least one prefix or suffix attached to it then the emphasis always goes onto the middle of the root. If there are needed fixes like verbs then put it on the middle of the root except treat the fix as part of the root. If there are an even number of syllables in a word put the emphasis on first of the middle two according to the above two rules.
Dāgo does not use our alphabet; it uses this one:
Another part of phonetics is emphasis, which letter is said the strongest; emphasis does have a little bit of variation. If the word doesn't always have at least one prefix or suffix attached to it then the emphasis always goes onto the middle of the root. If there are needed fixes like verbs then put it on the middle of the root except treat the fix as part of the root. If there are an even number of syllables in a word put the emphasis on first of the middle two according to the above two rules.
Dāgo does not use our alphabet; it uses this one:
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