FTL

FTL (Fonem To Letter), also known as F2L is an alphabet developed by Madd, which is aimed to be pronouncable by computers. The FTL alphabet contains all letters of the Latin alphabet and a few accents.

(?) indicates possible spelling mistakes, which cause pronounciation difficulties.

Ææ - pronounced like the name of the English 'I' (also spellable as 'ae')

Aa - pronounced like the German 'aa', or Polish 'a' (from which it is taken)

Bb - pronounced like a normal 'b'

Cc - pronounced like Ts

Ćć - pronounced like Tz ('long c')

Dd - normal

Ee - pronounced like the English name, or 'ee'.

Ęę - pronounced 'Eh'

Ff - normal

Gg - always pronounced like in the word 'groan'

Hh - always pronounced

Ii - not supported

Jj - pronounced like the English 'Y'

Kk - pronounced like 'Kh'

Ll - normal

Mm - normal

Nn - normal

Oo - pronounced like 'oo'.

Óó - pronounced like a long 'o' (without the 'w' sound at the end)

Pp - normal

Rr - pronounced like in Slavic languages (e.g. Polish, Russian, etc.)

Ss - normal

Śś - like the English 'sh', or normal Polish 'ś'.

Tt - normal

Uu - pronounced like the English 'w'

Vv - normal

Ww - pronounced like the English 'r'

Xx - not supported

Yy - not supported

Zz - normal

Ψψ - Polish hard 'zhr', 'ż'

Θθ - hard 'u'

ς - soft symbol, indicates that the next character should be soft.

ω - hard symbol, indicates that the next character should be hard.

For 'ch' use ςc, for 'sh' use ςs. For Polish 'sz' (or German 'sch' (?)) use ωs, for 'cz' use ωc.

Examples of Use
Here are some examples of English words transliterated to FTL:

I like cheese - Æ læk ςcez

God save the Queen - Gód sęv [z]dę kuen

Use in Polish
Here are some examples of Polish words transliterated to FTL:

Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła - Jęωsωcę Pólska ςnę zgenęua

Litwo, ojczyzno moja - Letvó, ojωcωeznó mója

Transliteration Purposes
It is possible to use FTL to transliterate a word from one alphabet to the other. For example:

English: cheese

FTL: ςcez

Polish: ciz (no loss of pronounciation or accent)

Advanced Use
The following is an FTL transliteration of the Polish poem, ''Litwo! Ojczyzno moja! (or rather, an invokation to Pan Tadeusz''). Lines which are unsure are marked with (?). NOTE: This poem contains obsolete words.

''Letvó! Ójωcωeznó mója! tωe jęstęςs jak zdrówςę.  Elę tψęba ςcęu cęniςc, tęn tωelkó ςsęu dóvςę,  Któ ςcęu strąςceu. Dςzeςs pjęuknóςsςc tvóu v cauęj ózdóbje  Vidzęu e ópisθjęu, bó tęuskςnęu pó tóbςeę. ''

Pannó ςsvςęuta, có jasnęj broςiωs ωcęustóhóvωe,

''E v óstręj ςsvjęςciωs bramję! tωe, có grθd zamkóvωe''

Nóvógrθdzke ohraςnaωs z jęgó vjęrnωem lθdęm!

Jak mςnę dςzęckó dó zdróvja póvrθςceuaςs cθdęm.