| Pronunciation Guide |  |
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An illustrated version of the Samala dictionary was released on April 18, 2008. The printed volume includes a CD with a pronunciation guide. You can download a transcript of the pronunciation guide CD here. |
| You may find it helpful to see Samala words
written out at the same time that you’re hearing them. This will
make it easier to sound out the Samala words that you see in the dictionary.
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| You can download a PDF of the pronunciation guide transcript here. | |
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Click here for a Windows version of the PDF — 572K file, 20 pages. |
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Click here for a Mac version — 764K file, 18 pages. |
A note on fonts and special characters: The Windows font is Lucida Sans Unicode and the Mac equivalent is Lucida Grande. Both of them have all the special characters needed to write Samala and the other Chumash languages with without supercripts and strikethroughs. There are two separate PDFs because these two fonts don't exactly match in size, which affects the layout on the page. |
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| The sound system of Samala is quite different from that of English. The lessons begin by introducing the most basic sounds of Samala and gradually work up to more complicated sequences of sounds. | |
| This same information also appears in the first few lessons. The lessons include other kinds of information, while these pages deal only with pronunciation. |
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The first
ten pages of this section includes sound clips. Click on the
speaker icon —  —
to hear the word or phrase. |
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The five familiar vowels | The pages with underlining have real content; the others are still under construction. |
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The
"Barred I"
vowel  |
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Glottal stop | |
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Consonants common to Samala and English | |
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New consonants x and q | |
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Glottalized consonants | |
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Aspirated consonants | |
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Vowels plus y and w — shared combinations | |
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Vowels plus y and w — combinations treated as single units in English | |
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Vowels plus y and w — combinations that English lacks | |
| Consonant clusters | ||
| Spanish loanwords in Samala | ||
| Appendix of sound rules | ||
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John P. Harrington's transcription | |
Many of
the lessons introduce various sound rules, such as one telling you that
s in front of
t becomes  ,
as in  |
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