It has no phonetic value of its own, and is purely an orthographic device.

Originally the symbols had different phonetic values from language to language.

"It's a tiny little mark that's added to a letter to give it a different phonetic value."

The original phonetic values of the laryngeal sounds remain controversial (see below).

Many signs do not have a well-defined phonetic value.

They have no phonetic value and are never used as word signs in writing a sentence.

The phonetic value of the hieroglyph is iw, and means "to come".

He does not strictly distinguish between phonemic and phonetic values.

Its letters, with their approximate phonetic values, are given below.

The phonetic values of letters are unfamiliar to those who have studied English.