Consonants: C is always hard, as in cat (never soft as in nice). G is always hard, as in God (except when it is followed by n; gn is sounded ngn, as in hangnail, so magnus is pronounced mangnus) H is always sounded, as in hope. I is used as a consonant as well as a vowel; as a consonant it sounds like English y; so Latin iam is pronounced yam. Q is never found except when followed by u, sounded as in English quick. R is rolled, as in Italian or Spanish. S is rolled always voiceless, as in sit (never like z, as in rose). V is pronounced like English w; so vidi sounds like weedee. The other consonants are pronounced like their English equivalents. Where double consonants occur, as in sifting, both consonants are pronounced; so ille is pronounced il-le (l is sounded twice. Vowels: The five vowels can each be lengthened by a macron, which looks like a line over the letters. A as in English pot or father. E as in English aim. I as in English deep. O as in English foal. U as in English fool. Diphthongs: Ae as in English high. Au as in English how. Ei as in English eight. Oe as in English boy.
