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Final syllable's onset may only be glottal in uncountable nouns (only I class nouns can be uncountable), this is because uncountable nouns cannot have final codas | Final syllable's onset may only be glottal in uncountable nouns (only I class nouns can be uncountable), this is because uncountable nouns cannot have final codas | ||
==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||
Fruwi may be written in any any writing system, though it needs to have enough letters for the phonology. The writing system needs not be Bicameral, but it is good to have for determiners and pronouns that are differentiated by case in writing. | |||
===Romanization=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50em; text-align: center; border-collapse:collapse;" | {| class="wikitable" style="width: 50em; text-align: center; border-collapse:collapse;" | ||
! colspan="5" | Consonant Orthography based on Standard Fruwi | ! colspan="5" | Consonant Orthography based on Standard Fruwi | ||
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Vowels at the start of a word need not have macrons, they are always open unless they have radical in front.<br> | Vowels at the start of a word need not have macrons, they are always open unless they have radical in front.<br> | ||
Vowels with macrons only written after other vowels: | Vowels with macrons only written after other vowels: | ||
* <alenta> /a.len.ta/ and <alēnta> /al.en.ta/ are the same, but correct spelling is alenta, while correct pronunciation is /al.en.ta/ (ambigious/ambisyllabic) | * <alenta> /a.len.ta/ and <alēnta> /al.en.ta/ are the same, but correct spelling is alenta, while the correct pronunciation is /al.en.ta/ (ambigious/ambisyllabic) | ||
* <almenta> /al.men.ta/ and <almēnta> /alm.en.ta/ are the same, but correct spelling is almenta, | * <almenta> /al.men.ta/ and <almēnta> /alm.en.ta/ are the same, but correct spelling is almenta, and the correct pronounciation is /al.men.ta/ (ambigious) | ||
* | ====Punctuation==== | ||
* | {| class="wikitable" style="width: 50em; text-align: center; border-collapse:collapse;" | ||
! colspan="7" | Complete Punctuation | |||
|- | |||
| Use|| Indicative Sentences || Interrogative Sentences || Imperative Sentences | |||
|- | |||
| Name in Fruwi|| Sentence Symbol|| Interrogative Symbol|| Imperative Symbol | |||
|- | |||
| Name in English|| Period || Question Mark || Explanation Mark | |||
|- | |||
| Punctuation || . || ? || ! | |||
|} | |||
* ! is not used in the same way as in English, but is used in all Imperative sentences | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50em; text-align: center; border-collapse:collapse;" | |||
! colspan="7" | Phrasal Punctuation | |||
|- | |||
| Use || Quotations|| Embedded Quotations|| Serial Lists || Coordinating Conjunctions || Interjections || Appositives || Asides | |||
|- | |||
| Name in Fruwi ||Quotation Symbol|| Embedded Quotation Symbol|| List Symbol || Sentence Combining Symbol || Interjection Barrier || Apposition Barrier|| Aside Barrier | |||
|- | |||
| Name in English|| Quotation Mark|| Single Quotation Mark || Comma || Comma || Semicolon || Virgules|| Semicolons | |||
|- | |||
| Punctuation || «TEXT» || «‹TEXT›TEXT» || , || , || ; || /TEXT/ || ;TEXT; | |||
|} | |||
* Appositives are used in this way: | |||
** X is Y. X does Z. => X, Y, does Z; My sister is Alice Smith. My sister likes jelly beans => My sister, Alice Smith, likes jelly beans. | |||
* Interjections go at end of sentence always | |||
* I do not know know how Asides, Appositives, and Interjections will work except for this | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50em; text-align: center; border-collapse:collapse;" | |||
! colspan="7" | Numeral Punctuation | |||
|- | |||
| Use|| Grouping|| Decimal Point | |||
|- | |||
| Name in Fruwi|| || | |||
|- | |||
| Name in English|| Comma || Semicolons || | |||
|- | |||
| Punctuation || 1,234,56789 || 01234;5;67890 | |||
|} | |||
* Numbers are written very diffirently: 11,265,353.15464253 => 11,26535;3;15464,253 | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
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