Paradigm M: Alphabet Words

Each of the 26 Loglan phonemes has been combined with 6 alphabetic suffixes as follows:

If a vowel, with: If a consonant, with:

-ma Latin capital -ai Latin capital

-si Latin lower case -ei Latin lower case

-fi Greek lower case -eo Greek lower case

Greek capitals are generated by prefixing gao to the phoneme for consonants, and gao, for vowels. This generates a pool of 94 alphabet words and signs which may be used as variables or constants, in dimensioned numbers and acronyms, or for the spelling of words.

Latin Letters
Capitals		Lower Case
Sign	Word	Sign	Word
A	Ama	a	asi
B	Bai	b	bei
C	Cai	c	cei
D	Dai	d	dei
E	Ema	e	esi
F	Fai	f	fei
G	Gai	g	gei
H	Hai	h	hei
I	Ima	i	isi
J	Jai	j	jei
K	Kai	k	kei
L	Lai	l	lei
M	Mai	m	mei
N	Nai	n	nei
O	Oma	o	osi
P	Pai	p	pei
Q	Qai	q	qei
R	Rai	r	rei
S	Sai	s	sei
T	Tai	t	tei
U	Uma	u	usi
V	Vai	v	vei
W	Wma	w	wsi
X	Xai	x	xei
Y	Yma	y	ysi
Z	Zai	z	zei

Greek Letters¹
Capitals		Lower Case
Sign	Word	Sign	Word
Α	gao,afi	α	afi	(alpha)
Β	gaobeo	β	beo	(beta)
Χ	gaoceo	χ	ceo	(chi)
Δ	gaodeo	δ	deo	(delta)
Ε	gao,efi	ε	efi	(epsilon)
Γ	gaogeo	γ	geo	(gamma)
Ι	gao,ifi	ι	ifi	(iota)
Ξ	gaojeo	ξ	jeo	(xi)
Κ	gaokeo	κ	keo	(kappa)
Λ	gaoleo	λ	leo	(lambda)
Μ	gaomeo	μ	meo	(mu)
Ν	gaoneo	ν	neo	(nu)
Ω	gao,ofi	ω	ofi	(omega)
Π	gaopeo	π	peo	(pi)
Θ	gaoqeo	θ	qeo	(theta)
Ρ	gaoreo	ρ	reo	(rho)
Σ	gaoseo	σ	seo	(sigma)
Τ	gaoteo	τ	teo	(tau)
Υ	gao,ufi	υ	ufi	(upsilon)
Ψ	gaoveo	ψ	veo	(psi)
Ζ	gaozeo	ζ	zeo	(zeta)

¹As Greek does not contain the Loglan sounds c, j, and v, it has been necessary to assign the Greek letter-words for chi, xi, and psi rather arbitrarily to these sounds. This leaves two Greek letters unused, namely eta and omicron.

If a vowel, with:		If a consonant, with:
-ma	Latin capital	-ai	Latin capital
-si	Latin lower case	-ei	Latin lower case
-fi	Greek lower case	-eo	Greek lower case