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| ==Orthography== | | ==Orthography== |
| English in Lõis has three writing systems: the Avestan alphabet, the Hebrew abjad (always with vowel pointing) and the Latin alphabet. The Avestan and Hebrew orthographies are phonemic and the Latin one is a bit more etymological, spelling Latinate words in a way that is closer to their source languages. | | English in Lõis has two writing systems: the Avestan alphabet and the Latin alphabet. The Avestan orthography is phonemic and the Latin one is a bit more etymological, spelling Latinate words in a way that is closer to their source languages. |
| ===Avestan=== | | ===Avestan=== |
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| ===Hebrew===
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| Mainly used among Jews.
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| Consonants:
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| */m n ŋ/ = מ נ נג
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| */p t ts tʃ k Ø/ = פ ט צ צש ק א
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| */b d dʒ g/ = ב ד דש ג
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| */f θ s ʃ h/ = ף ת ס ש ה
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| */v ð z ʒ/ = ב' ד' ז זש
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| */w r l j/ = ו ר ל י
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| Vowels: Since English has more vowels than Tiberian Hebrew, some extra diacritics are used to distinguish vowels that are similar.
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| *null vowel = none
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| *commA = shva
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| *TRAP (טְרַפ) = BATH = PALM = patach
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| *DRESS (דרֶס) = segol
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| *FACE (ףֵיס) = tsere + yud
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| *KIT (קִט) = hiriq
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| *FLEECE (ףלִיס) = happY = hiriq + yud
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| *FOOT = STRUT = qubutz
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| *GOOSE (גוּס) = shuruq + vav
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| *GOAT (גוֹט) = cholam
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| *LOT (לָט) = qamatz
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| *THOUGHT (תָהט) = qamatz + he
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| *PRICE (פרַיס) = patach + yud
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| *MOUTH (מַות) = patah + vav
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| *CHOICE (צשָיס) = qamatz + yud
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| *NURSE (נְרס) = letteR = shva + resh
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| *NEAR (נִיר) = hiriq + yud + resh
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| *SQUARE (סקויר) = tsere + resh
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| *START = patach + resh
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| *NORTH = qamatz + resh
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| *FORCE = cholam + resh
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| *POOR = qubutz + resh
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| *CURE = yud + qubutz + resh
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| ===Latin=== | | ===Latin=== |
| uon, tô, thrê, phuor, phaiv, six, sevn, aiht, nyn, ten | | uon, tô, thrê, phuor, phaiv, six, sevn, aiht, nyn, ten |