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==Orthography==
==Orthography==
The basis of Standard Luthic was developed by the popular language spoken by the Ravennese people, whose was highly influenced by Gothic, together with other East Germanic [[w:Stratum (linguistics)|substrate]], such as [[w:Vandalic language|Vandalic]] and [[w:Burgundian language|Burgundian]] and other ancient West Germanic languages, mainly Frankish and Langobardic. Standard Luthic orthography was further influenced by Italian. Increasing mobility of the population and the dissemination of the language through mass media such as radio and television are leading to a gradual standardisation towards a “Standard Luthic” through the process of [[w:Koiné language|koineization]].
===Alphabet===
===Alphabet===
Natalician has a straightforward orthography, meaning very regular spelling with an no diphthong or digraph or anything of the sort. In linguistic terms, the writing system a phonemic orthography. The following are two exceptions:
Natalician has a straightforward orthography, meaning very regular spelling with no diphthong or digraph or anything of the sort. In linguistic terms, the writing system is a phonemic orthography. The following are exceptions:




* The letter that is called ''Girbit El'' ("Silent L"), written {{angbr|Ł}} in Natalician orthography, represents vowel lengthening. It never occurs at the beginning of a word or a syllable, always follows a vowel and always preceeds a consonant. The vowel that preceeds it is lengthened.
* The letter that is called ''Girbit El'' ("Silent L"), written {{angbr|Ł}} in Natalician orthography, represents vowel lengthening. It never occurs at the beginning of a word or a syllable, always follows a vowel and always preceeds a consonant. The vowel that preceeds it is lengthened.
* The letter ''Ha'' {{angbr|H}} in Natalician orthography represents two sounds:
* The Object second person singular ''Ou'' is the only digraph in the entire language, making the sound of /uː/.
* The letter {{angbr|H}} in Natalician orthography represents two sounds: The /h/ sound, and the /j/ sound. If the letter {{angbr|H}} is located at the beginning of the word, it takes the /h/ sound, otherwise it takes the /j/ sound. (e.g. ''Hiloh'' /hi.loj/'' "Hello", ''Konah /ko.naj/'' "Beautiful", ''Haz /haz/ "This")


====Standard Natalician alphabet====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Letter !! Name !! Historical name !! [[w:International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] !! [[w:Diacritic|Diacritics]]
! Letter !! Name !! [[w:International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]
|+ '''Standard Luthic Alphabet'''
|+
|-
| [[w:A|A]], a || a [a] || /a/
|-
|-
| [[w:A|A]], a || a [ˈa] || asga [ˈaz.ɡɐ] || /ɐ/ or /a/ || â, ȧ
| [[w:A|Ä]], ä || ä [æ] || /æ/
|-
|-
| [[w:B|B]], b || bi [bi] || bairka [ˈbɛɾ.kɐ] || /b/ or /ʋ/ || —
| [[w:B|B]], b || bi [bi] || bairka [ˈbɛɾ.kɐ] || /b/ or /ʋ/ || —
|-
|-
| [[w:C|C]], c || ci [ˈt͡ʃi] || caunȯ [ˈkɔ.no] || /k/, /t͡ʃ/ or /x/ || ċ
| [[w:C|C]], c || ci [] || caunȯ [ˈkɔ.no] || /k/, /t͡ʃ/ or /x/ || ċ
|-
|-
| [[w:D|D]], d || di [ˈdi] ||dago [ˈda.ɣ˕u] || /d/ or /ð̞/ || —
| [[w:D|D]], d || di [ˈdi] ||dago [ˈda.ɣ˕u] || /d/ or /ð̞/ || —
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