Mika Alphabet Recitation
Audio of Mika alphabet recitations with practice advice
Not long ago, I posted on Mika Letters and Sounds. At the end I mentioned the Mika alphabet song.
Here we can concentrate on just hearing Mika alphabet being recited. And trying to recite in practice.
Did you see that post? That's OK if not, just skip this paragraph. Did you notice that each name of the vowels is a single letter? The name of the vowel is simply spoken as the sound of that vowel. Perhaps, you noticed that the some of names of consonants end with -n? There are five of those and that is half of the consonants.
The Alphabet
Letters
a b d e g i k l m n o s t u y
Names (sorting order)
a bun den e gun
i kon lu mu ni
o so tin u ya
Names (grouping vowels and stops)
e i a u o vowels
bun den gun kon tin stops
lu mu ni so ya
Alphabet Song Lyrics
Maybe a kid's song would have these words.
a bun den
a bun den
a bun den e gun
i kon lu
i kon lu
i kon lu mu ni
o so tin
o so tin
o so tin u ya
There is no melody! Maybe soon.
Recitations
One learning to recite the Mika alphabet might say it in a dialect depending on the first language of the speaker. Here are some examples from some Romance languages.
Spanish (Spain)
a b d e g i k l m n o s t u y
Spanish (US)
a b d e g i k l m n o s t u y
Portuguese (Brazil)
a b d e g i k l m n o s t u y
French (France)
a b d e g i k l m n o s t u y
Practice
General
a bun den e gun
i kon lu mu ni
o so tin u ya
Listen to the song lyric recitations above for the sounds.
For English Speakers
This aid below might help English speakers. Just try to read the words. Then try to cut off the end of the vowel sound.
ah boon dane ay goon
eee cone lew moo knee
oh so teen ooo yah
Hmmm. Maybe that muddies the water. If so, go back to the General practice.
Melody
What melody?