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Here is a little guide to phonemes in Eren sā - I'm posting it early on because I would prefer everyone to pronounce everything the way it is intended to be! I know there are other topics that would interest everyone else more, but I'm kind of obsessed with such details... and if I were to post this later on, people would already have their own guesses on how to pronounce the names, words, etc. by the time they read this, and unlearning associations is always harder. (Or not.)

The first one is the common Latin transcription, the second is IPA. There are many interactive IPA charts, but all seem to be using some arcane method of webtrickery, so I don't know which to link that is compatible with all browsers. You will have to look around with Google a bit. I linked Wikipedia, because while it doesn't have sound samples, it does list examples from many languages, so it might serve to clarify matters a bit...

It's rather straightforward and easily pronouncible (I think)... English speakers might have problems with the trilled r and the uvular fricative, but the rest is quite simple.

Consonants:
b - b
d - d
f - ɸ
g - g
k - k
l - l
m - m
n - n
p - p
r - r
s - s
(sh - ʃ)
t - t
w - β
x - χ
y - j
z - z

Vowels:
a - ɑ-a
ā - aː
e - ɛ
ē - ɛː
i - i
ī - iː (slightly higher)
o - o
ō - oː (slightly higher)
u - u
ū - uː

And a little bit of phonotactics... possible syllable types are V, V:, CV, CV:, and CVN#. For some obscure reason, "l" is also classified as a nasal in this respect.
(For the non-phonologists: V - vowel, C - consonant, : - long something, N - nasal, # - word boundary)
So basically you can only have closed syllables at the end of the word, and even then they have to end with n, m or l.

I think CV:N# is forbidden, I don't think I ever ruled it out but I can't seem to dredge up a single word that has such a string. Which makes sense, but whatever. Next time: shiny pictures! Or not.