Mracian orthography of Slevan

The Mrácian orthography for Slvanjec

From Mrácian to modern orthography

Mrácian	Modern	Description
â, ê, î, ô, oû, û	á, é, í, ó, ú, ý	Long vowels are marked with acute accent in the modern orthography but with circumflex in the Mrácian orthography.
c	cz/k	The letter C c was pronounced as /tʃ/ before the letters e, ê, i, î and when it followed i, î before a consonant or at the end of a word. Before other vowels or consonants it denoted the sound /k/.
ç	c	The letter Ç ç was pronounced as /ts/ in all positions.
ch	k	The digraph Ch ch was used for the sound /k/ when preceding or following any of the vowels e, ê, i, î, e.g. çêch (modern cék) 'blind'. It was also used for the sound /x/ before a consonant at the beginning of a word, e.g. in Chrextân (modern Chrsztán).
d	d/dj	The letter D d was used for the sound /d/, except before or after the vowels i and î where it denoted the palatal /ɟ/.
g	g/zs	The letter G g was pronounced as /ʒ/ before the letters e, ê, i, î and when it followed i, î before a consonant or at the end of a word. Before other vowels or consonants it denoted the sound /g/, e.g. gât (modern gát) 'cat'.
gh	g	The digraph Gh gh was used for the infrequent sound /g/ when preceding or following any of the vowels e, ê, i, î, e.g. ghesel (modern gezel) 'yourneyman'.
i	i	The letter I i not only denoted the vowel /i/; when preceding or following another vowel it indicated the palatal value of a preceding or following consonant c /tʃ/, d /ɟ/, g /ʒ/, l /ʎ/, n /ɲ/ or t /c/.
iu, îu	i	The digraph Iu iu denoted the vowel /i/; when preceding one of the consonants c, d, g, l, n or t with its unpalatalized value (/k, d, g, l, n, t/.
j	ch	The letter J j was pronounced as /x/ in all positions.
l	l/lj	The letter L l was used for the sound /ɫ/, except before or after the vowels i and î where it denoted the palatal /ʎ/.
n	n/nj	The letter N n was used for the sound /n/, except before or after the vowels i and î where it denoted the palatal /ɲ/.
ou, oû	u, ú	The digraph Ou, ou was used for the sound /u/, and Oû oû for the corresponding long vowel /u:/.
qu	kv	The digraph Qu qu was used for the sound sequence /kv/.
sc	sz/sk	The digraph Sc sc was pronounced as /ʃ/ before the letters e, ê, i, î. Before other vowels or consonants it denoted the sequence /sk/.
sch	sk	The digraph Sch sch was used for the sequence /sk/ when preceding or following any of the vowels e, ê, i, î. Cf. ch and x.
t	t/tj	The letter T t was used for the sound /t/, except before or after the vowels i and î where it denoted the palatal /c/ or /tʲ/.
u, û	y, ý	The letterU, u was used for the sound /ɨ/, and Û û for the corresponding long vowel /ɨː/.
ui, uî	y, ý	The digraph Ui, ui was used for the sound /ɨ/, and Û û for the corresponding long vowel /ɨː/ when followed by one of the palatalized consonants c /tʃ/, d /ɟ/, g /ʒ/, l /ʎ/, n /ɲ/ or t /c/.
x	sz	The letter X x was used to denote the sound /ʃ/ before a consonant or at the end of a word. The rare sequence /ks/ was written cs.
y	j	The letter Y y denoted the consonant /j/ in all positions.
z	z	The letter Z z denoted the sound /z/ at the beginning of a word or where it was etymologicallly derived from a word spelled with z -- or rather usually Greek words spelled with ζ.

From modern to Mrácian orthography

Modern	Mrácian	Description
á, é, í, ó, ú, ý	â, ê, î, ô, oû, û	Long vowels are marked with acute accent in the modern orthography but with circumflex in the Mrácian orthography.
c	ç	The sound /ts/ was consistently denoted by Ç ç, e.g. çêch, modern cék.
ch	j/ch	The sound /x/ was consistently denoted by J j, except before another consonant at the beginning of a word, where it was denoted by Ch ch e.g. Chrextân, modern Chrsztán.
cz	c/ci/ic	The sound /tʃ/ was consistently denoted by C c before the vowels e, ê, i, î, and by Ci ci before other vowels. Before other consonants and at the end of words it was denoted by ic.
dj	d/di/id	The sound /ɟ/ was consistently denoted by D d before the vowels i and î, and by Di di before other vowels, including e and ê. Before other consonants and at the end of words it is denoted by id.
g	g/gh	The sound /g/ was denoted by Gh gh before the vowels e, ê, i, î, and by G g before other vowels and consonants. Where it occurred word-finally and preceded by one of the vowels e, ê, i, î it was written gh for extra clarity. The graphy gh was in practice very rare, since the sound /g/ is rare in Slvanjec. One of the few words where it occurred was ghesel (modern gezel) 'yourneyman'.
i and í	i/iu and î/îu	The sound /i/ was denoted by I i, and its long counterpart /i:/ by Î î, except when followed by an unpalatalized c /k/, d /d/, g /g/, l /ɫ/, n /n/ or t /t/, where they are spelled iu and îu respectively.
j	y/i/ï	The sound /j/ was denoted by Y y, except between a consonant and a vowel, where it was written i, and when it occurred before a palatalized c /tʃ/, d /ɟ/, g /ʒ/, l /ʎ/, n /ɲ/ or t /c/ where it was written ï.
k	c/ch	The sound /k/ was denoted by Ch ch before the vowels e, ê, i, î, and by C c before other vowels and consonants. Where it occurred word-finally and preceded by one of the vowels e, ê, i, î it was written ch for extra clarity.
kv	qu	The combination /kv/ was written Qu qu.
l	le	The syllabic /l̩/ was written Le le in accordance with a minority pronunciation, e.g. dleic (modern dlcz) 'sweet'. This was one of the points where Mrác consciously diverged from a phonemic orthography for reasons of his aesthetic predilections.
lj	l/li/il	The sound /ʎ/ was consistently denoted by L l before the vowels i and î, and by Li li before other vowels, including e and ê. Before other consonants and at the end of words it is denoted by il.
nj	n/ni/in	The sound /ɲ/ was consistently denoted by N n before the vowels i and î, and by Ni ni before other vowels, including e and ê. Before other consonants and at the end of words it is denoted by in.
r	re	The syllabic /r̩/ was written Re re in accordance with a minority pronunciation, e.g. creic (modern krcz) 'cross'. This was one of the points where Mrác consciously diverged from a phonemic orthography for reasons of his aesthetic predilections.
s	s/ss	The sound /s/ was usually denoted by S s, but was written ss between vowels and finally after a vowel.
sz	sc/sci/x	The sound /ʃ/ was consistently denoted by Sc sc before the vowels e, ê, i, î, and by Sci sci before other vowels. Before other consonants and at the end of words it was denoted by x.
tj	n/ni/in	The sound /c/ was consistently denoted by T t before the vowels i and î, and by Ti ti before other vowels, including e and ê. Before other consonants and at the end of words it is denoted by it.
u and ú	ou and oû	The sound /u/ was consistently denoted by Ou ou and its long counterpart /u:/ by Oû oû.
y and ý	u/ui and û/ûi	The sound /ɨ/ was consistently denoted by U u and its long counterpart /ɨ:/ by Û û, except when it occurred before a pre-consonantal or word-final palatalized c /tʃ/, d /ɟ/, g /ʒ/, l /ʎ/, n /ɲ/ or t /c/ where they were written ui and ûi.
z	z/s	The sound /z/ at the beginning of a word was denoted by Z z, but between vowels and after a vowel at the end of a word it was written s, except where it was etymologicallly derived from a word spelled with z -- or rather usually Greek words spelled with ζ.