Nankôre: Difference between revisions

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 <!--Explain your conlang's alphabet. Use the International Phonetic Alphabet to describe the sounds of your language. If you are unsure on how to use IPA then visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet and read up. -->
-The Nankôre orthography is based on the Allen-Mills system, derived from the Latin alphabet:
+The Nankôre orthography is based on the Allen-Mills system, derived from the Latin alphabet.  However, a second system, the American Media system, has started displacing the Allen-Mills system.  Although based on the Allen-Mills system, the American Media system uses the grapheme <y>, and the digraphs <ch> and <sh>, to make transcription of the language more accessible to American readers.
 {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
 ! style="width: 90px; " |Allen-Mills
+! style="width: 90px; " |American Media
 ! style="width: 90px; " |IPA
 |-
 | '
+| (n/a)
 | ʔ
 |-
-| a,ā
+| a,ā, â, á
-| ɑ
+| a,ā,â, á
+| ɑ, ɑ:
 |-
 | e
+| e, eh
 | e
 |-
 | i
+| i, ih
 | ɪ, i
 |-
 | o, ô
-| o
+| o, ô
+| o, o:
 |-
+| u
 | u
 | u
 |-
-| c (ch)
+| c
+| ch
 | tʃ
 |-
-| s (sh)
+| s
+| sh
 | s, s̺, ʃ
 |-
+| š
 | sh
 | ʃ
 |-
+| h
 | h
 | h
 |-
+| k
 | k
 | k
 |-
+| r
 | r
 | r
 |-
+| m
 | m
 | m
 |-
+| n
 | n
 | n
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 | p
 | p
+|p
 |-
 | t
 | t
+| y
 |-
-| w
+| j
-| w
+| y
+| j
 |}