Bolak uses a modified Latin alphabet with 19 letters:
A, B, Ч, D, E, F, G, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V.
Ч is taken from Cyrillic and has the sound of English ch. Other letters are pronounced as in French.
Phonology[]
Vowels[]
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i /ɪ/ | |
| Mid | e /ɛ/ | u /ʌ/ |
| Open | a /æ/ | o /ɒ/ |
Consonants[]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | ч /t͡ʃ/ | k /k/ |
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | l /d͡ʒ/ | g /ɡ/ | |
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | s /s/ | ||
| voiced | v /v/ | r /z/ | |||
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | |||