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===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
Norþimris is written with a Latin alphabet consisting of the following letters: | |||
''a b c d ð e f g h i l m n o p r s t þ u w x y z'' | |||
The letters ''j, q'' and ''v'' do not occur, except in unassimilated borrowings. ''k'' only appears in the digraph ''sk''. | |||
The orthography is almost entirely phonemic, except notably in the case of ''s'', the pronunciation of which is not always predictable in final position. The following table gives all the relevant values of the letters and digraphs. | |||
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! style="width: 70px; "|Graph | ! style="width: 70px; "|Graph | ||
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| ''ie'' | | rowspan="2" | ''ie'' | ||
| /ɪ/ | | /ɪ/ | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | word-finally in unstressed syllables, notably the endings ''-ie, -lie'' (e.g. ''nouhtie'' 'poor'). | ||
|- | |||
| /iː/ | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | in stressed position | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''iy'' | | ''iy'' | ||
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<br> | <br> | ||
Notes: | Notes: | ||
* the only letter which should present any difficulty to the reader is <''s''>, the pronunciation of which is not always predictable. In this article, voiceless /s/ will be written <''ṡ''> where confusion may arise (e.g. ''huuṡ'' 'house', ''riyṡ'' 'rice'). | * the only letter which should present any difficulty to the reader is <''s''>, the pronunciation of which is not always predictable. In this article, voiceless /s/ will be written <''ṡ''> where confusion may arise (e.g. ''huuṡ'' 'house', ''riyṡ'' 'rice'). | ||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||