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A photo of the Wells Commons signs

Wells Commons

Address: Wells Commons, University of Maine

mawikamikw= community meeting house

Pronunciation Guide

z – is a gutteral sound. (place a finger on the bottom of your throat and say “ah,” when
you say alpha the throat is more tense, and the sound is made lower in the throat.
a – like a in father
e – this is a short “e” like in “hen”
r – is a very subtle sound, almost like it isn’t there, like the “a” in idea.
c – sounds like the “j”
f – sounds like “ch” as in “chime.”
h – there are two types. (1) (unaspirated) sounds like a “y” when it has vowels around it,
(2) (aspirated) sound like “h,” we breathe through it more “her”
g – like the aspirated “h” but with a quick “w” following
I – is always short like in “in”
k – sounds like a “g”
u – is the hard “k,” as in “kite”
j – sounds like a “g” with a aspirated “w”
v – is the hard “k,” as in “kite,” with a “w” like “quick”
l – sounds like an “l”
m – sounds like an “m”
n – sounds like an “n”
o – is the long “o” as in “loon.”
p – sounds like “b”
b – sounds like “p”
s – sounds like a “z”
d – sounds like “s”
t – sounds like “d”
x – sounds like “t”
w – sounds like “w”
y – sounds like “y”

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