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[[Image:ŧā́thimā́ script.jpg|right|thumb|Themsarian script in the ''ŧā́thimā́'' style.|240px]]

The standardized Themsarian alphabet, variants of which are used to write other Talsmic languages, is a native alphabetic script with 29 letters in addition to diacritics for vowel length and tones. In the earliest texts vowel length and tone were not recorded; diacritics for these were first devised for religious and official purposes and gradually came to be universally mandatory. In texts meant to be sung (e.g. poetry or hymns) the tone marks are substituted with various cantillation marks.

The standardized Themsarian alphabet, variants of which are used to write other Talsmic languages, is a native alphabetic script with 28 letters in addition to diacritics for vowel length and tones. In the earliest texts vowel length and tone were not recorded; diacritics for these were first devised for religious and official purposes and gradually came to be universally mandatory. In texts meant to be sung (e.g. poetry or hymns) the tone marks are substituted with various cantillation marks.

The alphabetical order is as follows:

R, D, Z~~, Ł~~, I, A, Ħ, F, M, L, G, C, H, B, S, V, O, J, Q, Ð, Y, CH, T, Ŧ, N, TH, P, E, U

R, D, Z, I, A, Ħ, F, M, L, G, C, H, B, S, V, O, J, Q, Ð, Y, CH, T, Ŧ, N, TH, P, E, U

In the earliest texts /x/ and /θ/ were ~~written~~ as digraphs ''CH'' and ''TH''~~, indicating that an aspirate pronunciation was still used for them unlike for other reflexes of aspirated stops, /f/ and /ħ/~~. The romanization follows this convention for aesthetic reasons.

In the earliest texts the aspirated plosives /kʰ/ and /tʰ/ were still extant, as evidenced by use of the digraphs ''CH'' and ''TH''. The present romanization follows this convention for aesthetic reasons.

==Parts of speech==

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 [[Image:ŧā́thimā́ script.jpg|right|thumb|Themsarian script in the ''ŧā́thimā́'' style.|240px]]
-The standardized Themsarian alphabet, variants of which are used to write other Talsmic languages, is a native alphabetic script with 29 letters in addition to diacritics for vowel length and tones. In the earliest texts vowel length and tone were not recorded; diacritics for these were first devised for religious and official purposes and gradually came to be universally mandatory. In texts meant to be sung (e.g. poetry or hymns) the tone marks are substituted with various cantillation marks.
+The standardized Themsarian alphabet, variants of which are used to write other Talsmic languages, is a native alphabetic script with 28 letters in addition to diacritics for vowel length and tones. In the earliest texts vowel length and tone were not recorded; diacritics for these were first devised for religious and official purposes and gradually came to be universally mandatory. In texts meant to be sung (e.g. poetry or hymns) the tone marks are substituted with various cantillation marks.
 The alphabetical order is as follows:
-R, D, Z, Ł, I, A, Ħ, F, M, L, G, C, H, B, S, V, O, J, Q, Ð, Y, CH, T, Ŧ, N, TH, P, E, U
+R, D, Z, I, A, Ħ, F, M, L, G, C, H, B, S, V, O, J, Q, Ð, Y, CH, T, Ŧ, N, TH, P, E, U
-In the earliest texts /x/ and /θ/ were written as digraphs ''CH'' and ''TH'', indicating that an aspirate pronunciation was still used for them unlike for other reflexes of aspirated stops, /f/ and /ħ/. The romanization follows this convention for aesthetic reasons.
+In the earliest texts the aspirated plosives /kʰ/ and /tʰ/ were still extant, as evidenced by use of the digraphs ''CH'' and ''TH''. The present romanization follows this convention for aesthetic reasons.
 ==Parts of speech==