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'''ng '''does not have an upper-case version as it does not appear at the beginning of words. | '''ng '''does not have an upper-case version as it does not appear at the beginning of words. | ||
Loanwords are usually adapted without exceptions, like e.g. Polish ''zakład ''> ''zakvat ''"factory", or German ''Übermensch'' > ''ybermensj''. Foreign surnames from languages written in the Latin alphabet are usually however kept the same (except for a few personalities whose names are completely adapted, like ''Kristsafir Kolum ''(Christopher Columbus) or ''Jøna ið Ark ''(Joan of Arc)); names from other languages were formerly romanized into Wendlandish from their pronunciation (e.g. ''Лермонтов ''> ''Ljermantaf''), nowadays pure transliterations are preferred (e.g. ''Горбачёв'' > ''Gorbatjov'', pronounced either [ | '''hv''', '''hn''', '''hm''', '''hr''', '''hl''', and '''hj''' all have a silent '''h''' in present-day Wendlandish. '''hj''' is completely silent in ''hjints'' "five" and related words. | ||
Loanwords are usually adapted without exceptions, like e.g. Polish ''zakład ''> ''zakvat ''"factory", or German ''Übermensch'' > ''ybermensj''. Foreign surnames from languages written in the Latin alphabet are usually however kept the same (except for a few personalities whose names are completely adapted, like ''Kristsafir Kolum ''(Christopher Columbus) or ''Jøna ið Ark ''(Joan of Arc)); names from other languages were formerly romanized into Wendlandish from their pronunciation (e.g. ''Лермонтов ''> ''Ljermantaf''), nowadays pure transliterations are preferred (e.g. ''Горбачёв'' > ''Gorbatjov'', pronounced either [gɔɐ̯baˈtʃɔʊ̯] or [ˈɣɔɐ̯batʃɔʊ̯]). | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||