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|⟨x⟩ || ⟨s⟩|| /s/ | |⟨x⟩ || ⟨s⟩|| /s/ | ||
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|⟨z⟩|| | |⟨z⟩|| ⟨|| /ɬ/ | ||
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|⟨ɴ⟩||⟨r⟩||/ɹ/ | |⟨ɴ⟩||⟨r⟩||/ɹ/ | ||
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2. The practical orthography was devised by the first terrestrial linguists to reach Venus. The Wilkins Orthography has since become the default scheme of romanisation for Nakvala. | 2. The practical orthography was devised by the first terrestrial linguists to reach Venus. The Wilkins Orthography has since become the default scheme of romanisation for Nakvala. | ||
3. | 3. In the Wilkins Orthography, /ɬ/ is written as ⟨x⟩ in coda position before /p, t, k/. | ||
4. The following punctuation marks are in use in the native alphabet: | 4. The spelling of the practical and native orthographies are morphophonemic in that the spelling is phonemic but does change to reflect morphophonemic changes. | ||
5. The following punctuation marks are in use in the native alphabet: | |||
⟨.⟩ = short pause, equivalent to a comma or semi-colon. | ⟨.⟩ = short pause, equivalent to a comma or semi-colon. | ||
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Punctuation marks occur immediately after the last word of a clause and never occur consecutively. | Punctuation marks occur immediately after the last word of a clause and never occur consecutively. | ||
6. Any given word is separated from any following word by a space. There are no equivalents to parentheses, quotation marks, exclamation marks or questions marks. | |||
===Phoneme Inventory=== | ===Phoneme Inventory=== | ||