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25 can't be enough, Kazakh has 9 phonemic vowels. I presume the six Latin vowel signs will still get diacritics?
by kmm 9y ago
25 can't be enough, Kazakh has 9 phonemic vowels. I presume the six Latin vowel signs will still get diacritics?
- messe 9y agoLooks like they're using digraphs instead: To ensure fullness of the Kazakh language sound system, the scientists included 8 digraphs, [...] The scientists rejected the idea of introducing diacritical marks
- akavi 9y agoAm I crazy, or does the article only list 4 digraphs? I don't see any vowel ones
- bmn__ 9y agoApart from the digraphs, both Һ and Х are mapped to H. That makes the Latin proposal not round-trip safe.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoDidn't German deal with something similar with S and ß?
- spaced-out 9y agoMaybe they did that because Һ and X are pronounced the same in Kazakh?
- pavel_lishin 9y agoI only see seven vowels in the graph. I also only see four digraphs, for consonants only. It looks like U is replacing У-with-a-line, and W (!) is replacing У