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- as in f-te + as in n+te
- " f-t + " n+t
 " fÂir Ô " nÔr
Ä " fÄr on " don
+ " f+st + " w+lf
an " fanll + " s+n
ߦ " whߦt o-Po " fo-Pod
a " f-´nal o-o " fo-ot
- " m-te + " +se
- " m-t + " +s
ߦ+ " hߦ+r un " runle
Ê " thÊre +n " f+nll
e " prey Û " Ûrge
e " r-´cent
- " p-ne + " fl+
- " p-n y " nymph
Ï " ma-chÏne´ + " m+rrh
- " b-rd

The symbol placed over a vowel indicates the long sound of that vowel shortened, or without the vanish. It is used in unaccented syllables, as in sĕn´[+a]te, [+e]-vĕnt´, [+i]-dē´a, [+o]-bey´, [+u]-nīte´.

oi as in oil like gz ex̝ist
ou " out [th] as in [th]is
th " thin
Ç, soft, like s Çede like ng
c̶, hard, like k c̶all ɴ, nasal tone (as in French) of the preceding vowel, as in encore (Äɴ´k[+o]r´)
ḡ, hard, as in ḡet
ġ, soft, like j ġem
s like z has ' (for voice glide), as in often (ŏf´'n)

h+s´t+n
Illimani [+e]l-y[+e]-mÄ´n[+e]
Iowa -´[+o]-w+
Irkutsk -r-ko-Potsk´
Java jÄ´v+
Joliet (city) j+´l---t
Jungfrau yo-Pong´frou
Kamchatka kÄm-chÄt´k+
Kashmir k-sh´m-r´
Khartum kÄr-to-Pom´
Kilauea k--lou--´Ä
Kilimanjaro k-l´[+e]-mÄn´jÄ-r+´
Kronstadt kr+n´stÄt
Ladoga l-d´[+o]-g+
Ladrones l+-dr+nz´ or lÄ-dr+´n-s, Sp.
La Guaira lÄ gw-´rÄ
Lancaster l-nk´as-tߦ+r
Laramie l-r´+-m[+e]
Leicester l-s´tߦ+r
Leipsic l-p´s-k
Leyden or Leiden l-´den
Lima l-´m+, U.S., or l-´m+, Peru
Lipari l-p´Ä-r[+e]
Lisle l-l
Lofoden l[+o]-f+´den
Louisville lo-Po´-s-v-l or lo-Po´--v-l
Louvre lo-Povr
Lucerne lo-Po-sߦ+rn´
Luzon lo-Po-z+n´ or lo-Po-th+n´, Sp.
Mackinac m-k´--nan
Madrid m-d´r-d or mÄ-dr-d´, Sp.
Malay m+-l-´
Manitoba m-n´--t+´b+ or m-n´--t[+o]-bÄ´
Maracaibo mÄ-rÄ-k-´b[+o]
Marmora mÄr´m[+o]-r+
Mendocino m-n-d[+o]-s-´n[+o]
Milan m-l´an or m--l-n´
Mohave m[+o]-hÄ´v[+a]
Montana m+n-tÄ´n+
Mont Blanc m[+o]+´ bl++´
Monterey m+n´te-r-´
Moscow m+s´k[+o]
Munich m+´n-k
Navajo nÄ´vÄ-h[+o]
Negritos n[+e]-gr-´t[+o]z
Neuse n+s
Nevada n[+e]-vÄ´dÄ
Newfoundland n+´f+nd-l-nd´
New Orleans n+ Ôr´l[+e]-anz
Nice n-s
Niger n-'jߦ+r
Ogeechee [+o]-g-´ch[+e]
Okefinokee +´k[+e]-f--n+´k[+e]
Oklahoma +k´l+-h+´m+
Oneida [+o]-n-´d+
Oporto [+o]-p+r´t[+o]
Orizaba [+o]´r[+e]-zÄ´
Oswego +s-w-´g[+o]
Ozark [+o]-zÄrk´
Palermo p+-lߦ+r´m[+o]
Palestine p-l´-s-t-n
Pampas p-m´p+z or pÄm´pÄs, Sp.
Panama p-n´+-mÄ´
Para pÄ-rÄ´
Paraguay pÄ-rÄ-gw-´ or pÄ´rÄ-gw-
Pasig pÄ-s-g´
Passaic p-s-s-´-k
Pedee p-´d-´
Pekin p-´k-n
Peking p-´k-ng´
Peru p[+e]-ro-Po´
Philippine f-l´-p--n
Pierre p[+e]´Âr´
Pompeii p+m-p-´y[+e]
Popocatepetl p[+o]-p+´k-t-+-p-´tl
Port Said p+rt sÄ--d´
Poughkeepsie p[+o]-k-p´s-
Prussia pr+sh´+ or pr+sh'--+
Pueblo pw-b´l[+o]
Pyrenees p-r´[+e]-n-z
Quito k-´t[+o]
Racine r+´s-n´
Rainier r-´n-r
Rio de Janeiro r-´[+o] d[+a] zhÄ-n-´[+e]-r[+o]
Rio Grande r-´[+o] grÄn´d[+a]
Roanoke r+´+-n+k´
Rochester r+ch´es-tߦ+r
Russia

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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