Letter
Transliteration
Pronunciation
Number
Like the ‘ah’ in ‘father’
like the ‘b’ in ‘boat’
like the ‘k’ in ‘key’
like the ‘g’ in ‘goat’
like the ‘d’ in ‘dog’
E, e
like the ‘ye’ in ‘yet’
like the ‘eh’ in ‘bet’
like the ‘z’ in ‘zebra’
Like the ‘e’ in ‘end’
Like the ‘u’ in ‘but’
Like the ‘t’ in ‘tomorrow’
Like the ‘s’ in ‘measure’
Like the ‘ee’ in ‘meet’
Like the ‘l’ in ‘lily’
Like guttural ‘ch’ in ‘Bach’
Like the ‘tz’ in ‘Mitzi’
Like the ‘ck’ in ‘Micky’
Like the ‘h’ in ‘hello’
Like the ‘ds’ in ‘kids’
Like a guttural French ‘r’
Like a hard, clipped ‘j’
Like the ‘m’ in ‘mom’
Like the ‘y’ in ‘year’
Like the ‘y’ in ‘buy’
Like the ‘n’ in ‘number’
Like the ‘sh’ in ‘shower’
O, o
Like the ‘vo’ in ‘vocal’
(beginning of word)
Like the ‘o’ in ‘low’
(within a word)
Like the ‘ch’ in ‘church’
Like the ‘p’ in ‘pizza’
Like the ‘j’ in ‘jeans’
Like the rolled Spanish ‘r’
Like the ‘s’ in ‘sand’
Like the ‘v’ in ‘Victor’
Like a hard ‘t’ in ‘but’
Like the ‘r’ in ‘red’
Like an ‘rh’ in ‘bother’
(word endings)
Like the ‘ts’ in ‘bits’
like the ‘oo’ in ‘cool’
like the ‘p’ in ‘pear’
like the ‘k’ in ‘kite’
like the ‘o’ in ‘bone’
like the ‘f’ in ‘life’
This last letter is a combination of the sounds ‘ye’ and ‘v’, and represents the word ‘yev’, or ‘and’ when it is written by itself.
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