Icelandic Pronunciation (differences from English only)

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• Bar tar car a is
• Á ow/ou house shout is
• Ð feather father letter word represents þ/þ thunder
• E english short bed end
• É ye spelled icelandic je pronounced j e
• G vowel u hard  like k wick beginning
• I inside impossible like the
• Í english ee i maria y diary
• J y yahweh yoda yikes
• O bolt in like a
• Ó o sole oa goat soap
• English p generally peter softer b
• R trilled/rolled non-existent english scottish virtually identical spanish
• U virtually identical german ü oo foot good
• Ú english oo zoo like
• Y icelandic i matter spelling  is inside impossible
• Ý icelandic í matter spelling english ee i
• Þ thunder theatre thong like
• English æ letter i icy hi/hæ bye/bæ icelandic
• Ö german english u urgent fur
• Hv kv as
• Fl pl as
• Fn p as
• Ll tl as
• Sj sh english as in
• Ng nk end word as
• Ng middle as in the
• Ey pale as in
• Ei pale as in
• Au o pole as in

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