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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, th, dh, ch, gh''; the letters ''j'' and ''v'' are not used except in loanwords. | 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, th, dh, ch, gh''; the letters ''j'' and ''v'' are not used except in loanwords. | ||
The spelling is extremely conservative and in part reflects Old Tigal pronunciation. | |||
Double consonants are used for {{angbr|''ll, nn, ŋŋ, rr''}}, which come from the [[Old {{PAGENAME}}]] fortis resonants /L, N, Ŋ, R/; they are pronounced identically to single {{angbr|''l, n, ŋ, r''}} in modern {{PAGENAME}}. | Double consonants are used for {{angbr|''ll, nn, ŋŋ, rr''}}, which come from the [[Old {{PAGENAME}}]] fortis resonants /L, N, Ŋ, R/; they are pronounced identically to single {{angbr|''l, n, ŋ, r''}} in modern {{PAGENAME}}. | ||