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===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
Zēsti uses the [[w:Greek script|Greek]] alphabet, because its zesty as hell. | Zēsti uses the [[w:Greek script|Greek]] alphabet, because its zesty as hell. | ||
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|+ Zēsti alphabet | |||
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! Alphabet | |||
| Aα || Ββ || Γγ || Δδ || Εε || Ζζ || Ηη || Θθ || Ιι || Κκ || Λλ || Μμ || Νν || Ξξ || Οο || Ππ || Ρρ || Σσς || Ττ || Υυ || Χχ || Φφ || Ψψ || Ωω | |||
|- | |||
! Romanisation | |||
| Aa || Bb || Gg || Dd || Ee || Zz || Ēē || Ðð || Ii || Kk || Ll || Mm || Nn || Xx || Oo || Pp || Rr || Ss || Tt || Yy || Çç || Ff || Psps || Õõ | |||
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! IPA | |||
| a || bʱ || gʱ || dʱ || ε || z || e || θ || i || k || l || m || n || t͡s || ɔ || p || r || s || tʰ || y || t͡ʃ || fʰ || ps || o | |||
|} | |||
The Zēsti alphabet is identical to the Greek alphabet, although pronunciation differs. For example, 〈Χχ〉(chi) is pronounced [ˈt͡ʃi], although the modern Greek pronunciation would be [ˈxi]. | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
All | All plosives in Zēsti are aspirated depending on whether they are voiced or not, e.g. /tʰ/(unvoiced) or /dʱ/(voiced). | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
Like in Greek, the ''tonos''(´) is used to indicate where stress is placed, although by default stress is paroxytonic, meaning stress is placed on the penultimate syllable of a word. | |||
====Intonation==== | ====Intonation==== | ||