User:Rëdbl Speling/Rüls/Umlaut

An umlaut consists in a pär of dots pläced övr a vowel to shö that its sound is long. There is alsö a dïgraph that inclüds umlauts: "öö".

Sumry
Nöt that "force" doesn't hav an umlaut, and that "horse" may be an animl, and alsö an adjectiv mëning rugh. See ../../Pronunciätion of the letr R.

Explanätion
English vowel letrs AEIOU can bë clasifïd as having "a long sound" and "a short sound". In practice some of them hav mor sounds, but the convention is as folös:

Wen an umlauted vowel and "r" are in difrent sylabls, the sound can bë the one in lïn 2.a insted of lïn 2.b. To stress the corect pronunciation, in some cäses there ar alternativ spelings.
 * päröl - pä-röl - päyröl
 * frë-ränge
 * blü-rä

Final ë
As unstressd /iː/ or /ɪ/: apostrophë - catastrophë - Chilë - karatë - recipë - sesmë