A starter to Sambahsa

Sambahsa’s orthographic al and accentual system is quite elaborate; this is because it tries

to res pec t the for ms tha t loa nwo rds hav e in the sou rce lan gua ges , esp eci ally West -

European languages where orthography plays a key role

!evertheless, those rules are entirely regular, and can be mastered through repetition "o

ease the learning of those rules, a simpler phonetic transcription system, the Sambahsa

#honetic "ra nscription $S#"%, is used Words written in S#" are always between brackets &

' (e sure to fully understand th e S#" before going fu rther

&a' ) like *a+ in *car+

&' ) like *e+ in *bed+, but often a bit longer

&b' ) as in English

&c' ) as *sh+ in *shoe+

&d' ) as in English

&e' ) as in talian or Spanish .isten to it/