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Learn Shavian/Vowels/2

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The next two letters you will learn are called egg and age. They look like this

Name Letter
egg 𐑧
age 𐑱

Say "egg" and "age" aloud. Focus on the vowel sounds. Notice that age sounds a bit more top-heavy, almost like it is rolling over the top part of a roller coaster.

Now notice how the letter age shows that top-rolling-ness in the letter itself, as compared to egg.

Reading Practice

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Now w𐑰 can use th𐑰se l𐑧tters 𐑦n some t𐑧xt like th𐑦s.

The d𐑱 c𐑱me wh𐑧n I wanted to l𐑰ve. 𐑦t m𐑱de m𐑰 f𐑰l a gr𐑱t sorrow. I 𐑦mbarked on a qu𐑧st for a new r𐑧lm, where 𐑧choes of 𐑧loquence and the 𐑧l𐑦gance of phon𐑧t𐑦cs danced 𐑦n the air. As I traveled, the w𐑦nd wh𐑦spered t𐑱les of phon𐑰mes, and 𐑧ver𐑦 s𐑦llable unfolded like a d𐑧l𐑦cate m𐑧lod𐑦. 𐑦n th𐑦s l𐑦ngu𐑦st𐑦c od𐑦ss𐑦, the β€œπ‘§gg” r𐑧son𐑱ted w𐑦th earnestness, while the β€œπ‘±ge” 𐑦xuded an 𐑦thereal allure. The journ𐑦 b𐑦c𐑱me a s𐑦mphon𐑦 of sounds, 𐑰ch vowel sh𐑱p𐑦ng a chapter 𐑦n the narrat𐑦ve of d𐑦parture and d𐑦scover𐑦.