A final -e usually serves merely to lengthen the preceding vowel as in English, so 'dhone' sounds like 'dthawn' and 'hene' like 'heen'.
Many consonants have the same sound as in English.
When in the middle or at the end of a word, 'gh' is also like Scottish 'loch', but at the beginning of a word it resembles the voiced throaty sound as when gargling. A prevalent characteristic of Manx pronunciation is the softening or even complete elision of consonants in the middle of a word, so 'cappan' is pronounced 'cah-van' and 'magher' is 'mahrr'. 10 queig minnid dys . This is called 'mutation' and follows grammatical rules. Similarly, in a position where a consonant lenites, a vowel may prefix h- after another vowel.