BelizeKriol_EngDic_49337_2009

ijklmnngpigjekitkowlagmangonaylwingNOTE: Kriol does not havethe same ‘short i’ sound asEnglish. This sound inKriol is made further to thefront of the mouth (between‘short i’ and ‘long e’).NOTE: The ‘j’ sound isrepresented in English by j[jacket], or g [cage].NOTE: The ‘k’ sound isrepresented in English by k[kit], c [cap], or ck [peck].NOTE: The ‘n’ sound isrepresented in English by n,as in nail, or kn as in know.NOTE: There are numerouswords in Kriol with a strong‘ng’ sound which is notheard in English, such astong [town] and mongtin[mountain]. 3 On the otherhand, the ‘-ing’ ending inEnglish is usually shortenedto ‘-in’ in Kriol, as in fishin[fishing].3 Regarding words containing the combination of sounds represented by nk,the pronunciation ngk (emphasizing the g sound) is heard much morestrongly in Kriol, than it is in English. Nevertheless, for the sake ofefficiency, the dictionary committee has decided to write it as nk, except fora few two syllable words like pongkin [pumpkin] and mongki [monkey].12