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NAS uses the '''{{IPA|ʃ}}''' character with its IPA value. Note that it should have a descender, unlike the Latin letter Long s '''ſ''', in order to be maximally distinct from '''f'''. The preferred capital form is <span style="vertical-align: 20%;">[[Image:CapitalLongS.gif|7px|Capital ʃ]]</span>, in order to distinguish it from the lower-case form, and from capital '''S'''. Since this capital form is unavailable in standard fonts the forms '''{{MUFI|}}''' (the Insular capital '''S''') or '''{{IPA|Ʃ}}''' (the 'African' capital '''{{IPA|ʃ}}''' ) may be used, though care should be taken to distinguish '''{{MUFI|}}''' from '''{{MUFI|}}/{{IPA|Ʒ}}'''. | NAS uses the '''{{IPA|ʃ}}''' character with its IPA value. Note that it should have a descender, unlike the Latin letter Long s '''ſ''', in order to be maximally distinct from '''f'''. The preferred capital form is <span style="vertical-align: 20%;">[[Image:CapitalLongS.gif|7px|Capital ʃ]]</span>, in order to distinguish it from the lower-case form, and from capital '''S'''. Since this capital form is unavailable in standard fonts the forms '''{{MUFI|}}''' (the Insular capital '''S''') or '''{{IPA|Ʃ}}''' (the 'African' capital '''{{IPA|ʃ}}''' ) may be used, though care should be taken to distinguish '''{{MUFI|}}''' from '''{{MUFI|}}/{{IPA|Ʒ}}'''. | ||
== Alternative graphies == | == Alternative graphies == |
Revision as of 04:12, 3 August 2006
Vowels
Letter | Value | Example | TO | IPA | Name |
i | ɪ | kit | kɪt | ɪt | |
e | ɛ | dres | dress | drɛs | ɛt |
a | æ | trap | træp | æt | |
o | ɒ | lot | lɒt/lɑt | ɒt/ɑt | |
y | ʌ | stryt | strut | strʌt | ʌt |
u | ʊ | fut | foot | fʊt | ʊt |
é | iː | flés | fleece | fliːs | iː |
á | eɪ | fás | face | feɪs | eɪ |
í | aɪ | prís | price | praɪs | aɪ |
œ | ɔɪ | cœs | choice | tʃɔɪs | ɔɪ |
ů (u) | uː | gůs | goose | ɡuːs | uː |
ó | əʊ/oʊ | gót | goat | ɡəʊt/ɡoʊt | əʊ/oʊ |
ú | aʊ | múþ | mouth | maʊθ | aʊ |
ý | juː | kýt | cute | kjuːt | juː |
ér | ɪə/ɪɹ | nér | near | nɪə/nɪɹ | |
ár | ɛə/ɛː/ɛɹ | skwár/squár | square | skwɛə/skwɛː/skwɛɹ | |
ór | oː/oɹ | fórs | force | foːs/foɹs | |
ýr | ʊə/ʊɹ | kýr | cure | kjʊə/kjʊɹ | |
ar | ɑː/ɑɹ | start | start | stɑːt/stɑɹt | |
or | ɔː/ɔɹ | norþ | north | nɔːθ/nɔɹθ | |
ur | ʊə/ʊɹ | pur | poor | pʊə/pʊɹ | |
yr | ɜː/ɜɹ | nyrs | nurse | nɜːs/nɜɹs | |
å | ɔː | þåt | thought | θɔːt | ɔːs |
(a) | ɑː | faþer | father | fɑːðə/fɑːðɹ | ɑːk |
The Ʒ ʒ character
The preferred shape of the letter Ʒ ʒ is not like the IPA ezh, but like the Insular G, ᵹ (\u1D79), the capital version of which however is not adopted in Unicode yet. I use Ʒ ʒ (ezh) provisionally since the capital version of Insular G is not adopted in Unicode yet, and the small letter also is missing from most Unicode fonts. The preferred shape is shown in this image:
It should be noted that in NAS this letter denotes the phoneme /dʒ/ and not the phoneme /ʒ/ which is written zj, except before ý where it is written z, e.g. vizjn, azýr.
The ʃ character
NAS uses the ʃ character with its IPA value. Note that it should have a descender, unlike the Latin letter Long s ſ, in order to be maximally distinct from f. The preferred capital form is , in order to distinguish it from the lower-case form, and from capital S. Since this capital form is unavailable in standard fonts the forms (the Insular capital S) or Ʃ (the 'African' capital ʃ ) may be used, though care should be taken to distinguish from /Ʒ.
Alternative graphies
Letters with acute diacritics may be replaced with digraphs as follows á > aa, é > ee, í > ij, ó > eo, ú > ou, ý > yy, œ > oe, ů > uo, å > oa.
Þ, þ may be replaced with Th th, Ʃ ʃ may be replaced with Sh sh and Ʒ ʒ may be replaced with Cg cg or Gj gj.
BPJ 02:04, 25 February 2006 (PST)
Alternative vowel glyphs
Ɩɩ | kit |
Ɛɛ | dress |
Aa | trap, father |
Ɔɔ | lot |
Λʌ | strut |
Ee | fleece |
face | |
İi | price |
Ƣƣ | choice |
Uu | foot, goose |
Oo | goat |
Ɯɯ | mouth |
Yy | cute |
One way would be to use , for trap and father but ordinary A, a
for face (with as cursive form), likewise , for cute and Y, y for strut — but you need to have Cardo or Junicode installed for those characters to be seen!
Fþr bɛtr z þ brɩ ɩf he wɔntz tu gɛt hom ɩn tim! — Jɛs amz!
It's all a service to the Anglo terror diacriticorum: if nearly all other languages uses diacritics, then why not English?
BPJ 06:26, 2 August 2006 (PDT) BPJ 13:07, 18 March 2006 (PST)