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--- language:alphabet [2016/10/22 17:08] – Note about ch as a substitute sound for s̈ pinkgothic
+++ language:alphabet [2020/01/19 16:29] (current) – pinkgothic
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 The [[:language]] itself amongst [[species:Threadwielders]] is a selection of syllables, meaning that in combination with its audio-independent nature, technically the alphabet consists of syllabic ideograms. Since that would be a pain to note down, though, we'll use the quasi-latin transcription on this page and follow the commonplace (draconic, ancient Nayabaru, human-compatible) pronunciations.
-===== Glyphs =====
-The quasi-latin transcription consists of all standard latin characters, **plus** the extra character //s̈// and **minus** //x// (the sound is represented by the digraph //k͡s//).
-In other words:
-| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | s̈ | t | u | v | w | y | z |
 ===== Pronunciation =====
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   * //ai// is usually not a digraph (exceptions will be noted as //a͡i// in dictionary), but if it is, it's a tight sequence of //a// and //i// as in German.
   * //ei// is also not usually a digraph (exceptions will be noted as //e͡i// in dictionary), but if it is, it's a tight sequence of //e// and //i// as in German.
+  * In general, for a duplicated vowel, such as //aa// or //uu//, each vowel should be pronounced as its own syllable; for example, //daarav// has three syllables, and is pronounced //'da-a-rav'//, rather than //'daa-rav'//.
   * //-h// with //-// a consonant, as long as //-// is not //s// or //t//, serving the same sound as //-//, plus a modifier for the vowel that follows. Example: '//kha//' is pronounced akin to '//kah//'; '//rha//' is pronounced akin to '//rah//'; ...
   * //ks//, pronounced as //x// would be in English.