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*The form for '''s''' looking like '''hh''' was in fact the usual one.
*The form for '''s''' looking like '''hh''' was in fact the usual one.
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The phrase '''serq sohlob''' at the bottom of the image is misspelled.  I'm going to fix that eventually!

Revision as of 14:55, 6 December 2005

Used to write Sohlob, Kidilib and Linjeb.

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  • The diacritical marks -- the superscript dot for changing pronunciation and the underscore to indicate digraphs -- were usually only used to resolve perceived risk of incorrect reading. In practice Sohlob writing was often ambiguous, since a scribes perception of risk of incorrect reading may differ from his readers'.
  • The digraphs using y to indicate c, ç, j were normal in Kidilib writing, while the alternative graphies were usual in Sohlob and Heleb. Linjeb did not have these sounds.
  • Kidilib did not distinguish æ and e, but used the unadorned letter for /ɛ/.
  • The signs for voiceless stops using a superimposed h were the usual ones in Linjeb. In the other dialects voiceless and voiced stops were not usually distinguished in writing.
  • The form for s looking like hh was in fact the usual one.

The phrase serq sohlob at the bottom of the image is misspelled. I'm going to fix that eventually!