Thulean: Difference between revisions
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
Thulean is written with the Thulean alphabet. The Thulean government also endorses a romanised orthography for the purpose of transliterating Thulean proper names in foreign media. This is also increasingly used in foreign scholarly works on the language. This orthography is as follows: | 1) Thulean is written with the Thulean alphabet. The Thulean government also endorses a romanised orthography for the purpose of transliterating Thulean proper names in foreign media. This is also increasingly used in foreign scholarly works on the language. This orthography is as follows: | ||
"a" = /A/ | "a" = /A/ | ||
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"x" = /x/ | "x" = /x/ | ||
This transcription is largely phonemic but shows the effects of consonant gradation | 2) This transcription is largely phonemic but shows the effects of consonant gradation. | ||
3) The consonant clusters[mb, nd, Ng, rd, ld] when they result from morphophonemic processes are written "mm, nn, gg, rr, ll". | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||