step 1: lace-makizineyaab wraps it-wiiwegin begin-maajii ring-didibininjibiizon step 2: sinew-jiitaad on top of it-agijayiii ties it with a knot-gashkaoodoo step3: ties it-dakobidoo feather-miigwan silver-zhooniyaa sinew-jiitaad ties with a knot-gashkabodoo step4: cloth-babagiwayaaniigan knot- gashka step5: bead-manidoominens strings it-naabidoo step6: fan-weweseigan makes it- ozhitoo Pronunciations Vowel English sounds a account aa ah, box e bait, rate i tin ii team, seem o oak oo boot . All words are read as they're written. 2. Double vowels stand for long vowels and should be read as long single sound (eg.: /aa/ is [a:], but not [aa]. There are seven vowel sounds (short and long) in Fiero system: 2.1. short /a/ sounds like u in mud; 2.2. long /aa/ sounds like a in father; 2.3. short /i/ sounds like i in sit or Jim; 2.4. long /ii/ sounds like ee in seen or ea in sea; 2.5. /e/ sounds like ay in pray; 2.6. short /o/ sounds like "oh" or oe in doe; 2.7. long /oo/ sounds like oo in loon or o in do; 3. There is also /zh/ which sounds like su in measure. 4. An apostrophe /'/stands for glottal stop. 5. /nh/ stand after nasal vowels to indicate them (/nh/ are not pronounced). 6. There are no sounds l, r, v, f or letters f, l, q, r, u, v and x. {courtesy of www.real-dream-catchers.com}
