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Like other modern Talmic languages, {{PAGENAME}} is written in the Talmic cursive script, which is written from left to right. Some letters are not used in modern {{PAGENAME}}, such as the Thensarian letters ''y, θ, δ''; the letters ''j'' and ''v'' are not used except in loanwords. The letter ''h'' is used for lenition as in Irish. So the {{PAGENAME}} alphabet is usually considered to have 20 letters (''r d z i a f m g t h b s o ŋ p l n e u c'') (digraphs and length diacritics are not counted).

The native orthography is extremely conservative and in part reflects Old {{PAGENAME}} pronunciation. ~~(A more shallow orthography will be used in this article.)~~

The native orthography is extremely conservative and in part reflects Old {{PAGENAME}} pronunciation. The native spelling also uses {{angbr|''ll, nn, ŋŋ, rr''}}.

~~Double consonants are used for~~ {{angbr|''ll, nn, rr''~~}}, which come from the [[Old {{PAGENAME}}]] fortis resonants /L, N, R/; they are pronounced identically to single {{angbr|''l, n, r''}} in standard {{PAGENAME~~}}.

==Phonology==

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 Like other modern Talmic languages, {{PAGENAME}} is written in the Talmic cursive script, which is written from left to right. Some letters are not used in modern {{PAGENAME}}, such as the Thensarian letters ''y, θ, δ''; the letters ''j'' and ''v'' are not used except in loanwords. The letter ''h'' is used for lenition as in Irish. So the {{PAGENAME}} alphabet is usually considered to have 20 letters (''r d z i a f m g t h b s o ŋ p l n e u c'') (digraphs and length diacritics are not counted).
-The native orthography is extremely conservative and in part reflects Old {{PAGENAME}} pronunciation. (A more shallow orthography will be used in this article.)
+The native orthography is extremely conservative and in part reflects Old {{PAGENAME}} pronunciation. The native spelling also uses {{angbr|''ll, nn, ŋŋ, rr''}}.
-Double consonants are used for {{angbr|''ll, nn, rr''}}, which come from the [[Old {{PAGENAME}}]] fortis resonants /L, N, R/; they are pronounced identically to single {{angbr|''l, n, r''}} in standard {{PAGENAME}}.
 ==Phonology==