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(Created page with "'''Pandoran''' (or Pxantorar) is an extraterrestrial auxlang made by the European Space agency to function as a middle ground between Na'vi and the Romance languages. The Académie Langues Extraterrestres was commissioned by the EU and NASA in 2203 and the language was completed in 2209. Testing showed the same level of difficulty for Na'vi and human learners, and massive improvement in learning the others' language(s) after acquiring Pxantoran. ==Introduction...") |
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Two orthographies are maintained in different contexts. Signage on Pandora is in the Na'vi-writing style (distinguished by its use of '''x''' for ejective-consonants) while human beings continue to text and chat in European-style (distinguished the use of '''ñ''' for the velar nasal). This is current area of debate, and we will present both styles | The Pandoran alphabet consists of 26 symbols. There seven vowels are and twenty consonant sounds. There are also four diphthongs and two syllabic consonants. | ||
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! colspan="26" | Letters of the Ckul alphabet | |||
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| Aa || Ää || Ee || Ff || Hh || Ii || Ìì || Kk|| Ll || Mm || Nn || Ngng || Oo || Pp || Pxpx || Rr || Ss || Tt || Tsts || Txtx || Uu || Ww || Yy || Zz | |||
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Two orthographies are maintained in different contexts. Signage on Pandora is in the Na'vi-writing style (distinguished by its use of '''x''' for ejective-consonants) while human beings continue to text and chat in European-style (distinguished the use of '''ñ''' for the velar nasal). This is current area of debate, and we will present both styles in this section, in an effort to remain unbiased. However, throughout the rest of this document, the Na'vi-style will be used, as it was originally laid out by the ALE. | |||
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