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== Alternative vowel glyphs ==
== Alternative vowel glyphs ==
You need to have [[Wikipedia:Junicode|Junicode]], [[Wikipedia:Cardo (typeface)|Cardo]] or [http://www.mufi.info/fonts/#Andron Andron Scriptor Web] installed for some of these characters to be seen!


[[Image:Eiglyph.gif|thumb|96px|{{note|eiglyph}} This is what the {{sc|face}} character should should look like, in case it doesn't show up correctly in the table!]]
[[Image:Eiglyph.gif|thumb|96px|{{note|eiglyph}} This is what the {{sc|face}} character should should look like, in case it doesn't show up correctly in the table!]]
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| {{big|Ɛɛ}} || dress
| {{big|Ɛɛ}} || dress
|-
|-
| {{big|Aa}} || trap, father
| {{BIGMUFI|}} || trap, father
|-
|-
| {{big|Ɔɔ}} || lot
| {{big|Ɔɔ}} || lot
|-
|-
| {{big|Λʌ}} || strut
| {{BIGMUFI|}} || thought
|-
| {{big|Yy}} || strut
|-
|-
| {{big|Ee}} || fleece
| {{big|Ee}} || fleece
|-
|-
| <span class=big>{{EI}}{{ei}}</span>{{ref|eiglyph}} || face
| <span class=big>{{EI}}{{ei}}</span><!--<nowiki>{{ref|eiglyph}}</nowiki> --> || face
|-
|-
| {{big|İi}} || price
| {{big|İi}} || price
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| {{big|Ɯɯ}} || mouth
| {{big|Ɯɯ}} || mouth
|-
|-
| {{big|Yy}} || cute
| {{BIGMUFI|, }} || cute
|}
|}


My preference would be to use '''{{BIGMUFI|, }}''' for {{sc|trap}} and {{sc|father}} but ordinary '''{{big|A, a}}''' for {{sc|face}} (with '''''<span class=big>{{EI}}, {{ei}}</span>''''' as cursive form), likewise '''{{BIGMUFI|, }}''' for {{sc|cute}} and '''{{big|Y, y}}''' for {{sc|strut}} &mdash; but you need to have [[Wikipedia:Junicode|Junicode]] or[[Wikipedia:Cardo (typeface)|Cardo]] installed for those characters to be seen!  In the meantime {{BIGMUFI|, }} {{big|A, a}} as free variants for {{sc|trap}} and {{sc|father}} and <span class=big>{{EI}}, {{ei}}</span> for {{sc|face}} is preferable, since even unligatured ƐƖ ɛɩ is preferable to losing the distinction! Thus although I'd prefer
My preference would be to use '''{{BIGMUFI|, }}''' for {{sc|trap}} and {{sc|father}} but ordinary '''{{big|A, a}}''' for {{sc|face}} (with '''''<span class=big>{{EI}}, {{ei}}</span>''''' as cursive form). In the meantime {{BIGMUFI|, }} {{big|A, a}} as free variants for {{sc|trap}} and {{sc|father}} and <span class=big>{{EI}}, {{ei}}</span> for {{sc|face}} is preferable, since even unligatured ƐƖ ɛɩ is preferable to losing the distinction! Thus although I'd prefer


'''{{BIGMUFI|Fþr ʃud bɛtr z þ brɩᵹ ɩf he wɔntz tu gɛt hom ɩn tim! — Jɛs amz!}}'''
'''{{BIGMUFI|Fþr n̄ Pl ʃud bɛtr z þ brɩᵹ ɩf þa wɔnt tu gɛt hom ɩn tim! — Jɛs amz!}}'''


I'll use  
I'll use  


'''<span class=big>Faþr ʃud bɛtr yz þ brɩʒ ɩf he wɔntz tu gɛt hom ɩn tim! — Jɛs Ʒ{{ei}}mz!</span>'''
'''<span class="big MUFI">Faþr n̄ Pl ʃud bɛtr z þ brɩʒ ɩf þ{{ei}} wɔnt tu gɛt hom ɩn tim! — Jɛs Ʒ{{ei}}mz!</span>'''


It's all a service to the Anglo ''terror diacriticorum'': if nearly all other languages uses diacritics, then why not English?
It's all a service to the Anglo ''terror diacriticorum'': if nearly all other languages uses diacritics, then why not English?

Revision as of 02:59, 11 September 2007

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 jʊə/jʊɹ 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

Consonants

Letter Value Example TO Name
C c tʃ cyrc church tʃiː
Ç ç (S s)[1] s çíkl, ráç cycle, race siː
Ʒ ʒ[2] dʒ ʒyʒ judge dʒiː
J j j jard yard jeɪ
SC Sc sc[3] ʃ scip, fisc ship, fish ɛʃiː
Ƨ ƨ/Z z[4] z róƨeƨ, zéró roses, zero Ƨƨ [ziː], Zz [zɛd]
Þ þ þéƨ klóþƨ these clothes

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^  Çç is used only for etymological c in foreign words, else Ss is used: sé see, mís mice.
^  Where /dʒ/ represents etymologic j a dotted ʒ̇ may be used.
^  NB eṡcý eschew. Christian may be spelled kristian or kriṡcan, perhaps kristjan.
^  Zz is used only in foreign words. Ƨƨ is used in both native and foreign words for etymologic s.

The sound /ʒ/ is spelled differently depending on etymology: Áƨja Asia, mèƨýr measure, azýr azure, Ƹƹ: garàƹ.

(Perhaps Zz should be used for all instances of /z/ and Ƹƹ for all instances of /ʒ/?)

The plural and possessive ending is always spelled 'ƨ (bœ'ƨ boy's, boys, boys'‌), and the past tense ending is always spelled 'd (kep'd, skor's, fád'd).

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:

Nasdzh.gif

It should be noted that in NAS this letter denotes the phoneme /dʒ/ and not the phoneme /ʒ/ which is written as if it were /zj/ or with Ƹƹ.

The ʃ character

In place of SC sc one may use 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 ɾ, like a J turned 180 degrees or an Armenian Ր, 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, SC sc may be replaced with Sh sh or Sj sj and Ʒ ʒ may be replaced with Cg cg or Gj gj.

BPJ 02:04, 25 February 2006 (PST) BPJ 05:14, 3 August 2006 (PDT)

Alternative vowel glyphs

You need to have Junicode, Cardo or Andron Scriptor Web installed for some of these characters to be seen!

^  This is what the face character should should look like, in case it doesn't show up correctly in the table!
Ɩɩ kit
Ɛɛ dress
 trap, father
Ɔɔ lot
 thought
Yy strut
Ee fleece
ƐƖɛɩ face
İi price
Ƣƣ choice
Uu foot, goose
Oo goat
Ɯɯ mouth
,  cute

My preference would be to use ,  for trap and father but ordinary A, a for face (with ƐƖ, ɛɩ as cursive form). In the meantime ,  A, a 

as free variants for trap and father and ƐƖ, ɛɩ for face is preferable, since even unligatured ƐƖ ɛɩ is preferable to losing the distinction! Thus although I'd prefer

Fþr n̄ Pl ʃud bɛtr z þ brɩᵹ ɩf þa wɔnt tu gɛt hom ɩn tim! — Jɛs amz!

I'll use

Faþr n̄ Pl ʃud bɛtr z þ brɩʒ ɩf þɛɩ wɔnt tu gɛt hom ɩn tim! — Jɛs Ʒɛɩmz!

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)

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