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| Luthic has a shallow orthography, meaning very regular spelling with an almost one-to-one correspondence between letters and sounds. In linguistic terms, the writing system is close to being a [[w:Phonemic orthography|phonemic orthography]]. The most important of the few exceptions are the following (see below for more details):
| | 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: |
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| * The letter c represents the sound /k/ at the end of words and before the letters a, o, and u but represents the sound /t͡ʃ/ before the letters e and i.
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| * The letter g represents the sound /ɡ/ at the end of words and before the letters a, o, and u but represents the sound /d͡ʒ/ before the letters e and i. It also represents the sound /ŋ/ before c or g.
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| ** /ɡʷ/ only happens before a nasal and is spelled as ggu /ŋɡʷ/, or inherited from Gothic ''-ggw-'' as a regular outcome of [[w:Proto-Germanic language|Germanic]] ''*ww'': 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 [triɡʷːs], ''tregguo'' [ˈtɾɛɡ.ɡʷu].
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| * The letter r represents the sound /ʁ/ onset or stressed intervocalic, /ɾ/ when intervocalic or nearby another consonant or at the end of words and /ʀ/ if doubled.
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| * The cluster sc /sk/ before the letters e and i represents the sound /ʃ/, [[w:Gemination|geminate]] if intervocalic.
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| * The spellings ci and gi before another vowel represent only /t͡ʃ/ or /d͡ʒ/ with no /i/ sound. | | * The spellings ci and gi before another vowel represent only /t͡ʃ/ or /d͡ʒ/ with no /i/ sound. |
| * The spelling qu and gu always represent the sounds /k/ and /ɡ/. | | * The spelling qu and gu always represent the sounds /k/ and /ɡ/. |