Letters[edit]

The Shaderian alphabet consists of 35 letters: 9 vowels and 26 consonants.

The following table lists the letters of the alphabet, their Shaderian names, the Shaderian phonemes which they represent and similar equivalents from other languages to the sounds of those phonemes. For more information about the sounds, see Shaderian phonology.

Upper case	Lower case	Shaderian name	Usual value	Similar equivalent
A	a	a	/a/ or /ä/	English large
B	b	be	/b/	English bed
C	C	ce	/t̪͡s̪/	English pits
Ć	ć	će	/t͡ɕ/	Polish ćma
Č	č	če	/ʈ͡ʂ/	English chair
D	d	di	/d/	English dog
Đ	đ	đi	/ɖ͡ʐ/	German Dschungel - Polish dżem - Russian джем
E	e	e	/ɛ/	English bed
É	é	é	/eː/	German Leben
F	f	ef	/f/	English fill
G	g	gé	/ɡ/	English ground
H	h	ha	/x/	German Buch - Polish chleb - Russian хорошо
Ħ	ħ	ħa		...
I	i	i	/i/	German Ziel - Polish miś - Russian лист
J	j	jet	/j/	English you
K	k	kej	/k/	English kiss
L	l	el	/l/	German Licht - Polish lek
Ł	ł	eł	/w/	English will
Ĺ	ĺ	eĺ	/ɫ/	American English light - Russian малый
M	m	em	/m/	English him
N	n	en	/n̪/	English not
O	o	o	/ɔ/	German voll - Polish pracować
Ö	ö	ö	/øː/	German Österreich
Ô	ô	ô	/oː/	German oder
P	p	pé	/p/	English spot
R	r	er	/r/	Polish robić
Ř	ř	řét	/ʐ/	English treasure
S	s	es	/s̪/	English sea
Ś	ś	eś	/ɕ/	Polish śruba - Swedish kjol
Š	š	šét	/ʂ/	English shape
T	t	té	/t̪/	English start
U	u	u	/u/	German Fuß - Polish obuwie
V	v	fał	/v/	English vowel
Y	y	igrék	/ɘ/	English bit
Z	z	zét	/z̪/	English zoo