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Re: OT: Orthographic challenges

From:taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...>
Date:Thursday, July 5, 2007, 14:33
* Benct Philip Jonsson said on 2007-07-05 16:10:44 +0200
> taliesin the storyteller skrev: > > * taliesin the storyteller said on 2007-07-03 16:27:20 +0200 > >> One letter is already used in both upppercase and > >> lowercase. {h} the glottal fricative/approximant is not the > >> same letter or sound as {H} the affricate /r/. {h} is > >> something of a problem itself, being ambiguous today. > > > > Thanks to Babelmap I've been looking at possible > > replacements for uppercase H: гяřħ (gamma, ja, r hachek, > > slashed h). I'll have to make some test-sentences to see > > what works best I think. Stay tuned. > > I'd recommend Һ \u04BA CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHHA and > ordinary h as one upper/lower case pair and ordinary H and ʜ > \u029C LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL H as another, causing least > possible discontinuity compared to your current transcription. > Too bad only that CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHHA is > insufficiently distinct from lower case h in some fonts.
The small caps is insuffciently supported in fonts. I've been damaged, too: H in natlangs now looks like a raspy sound to me :)
> What about Ʀʀ as a distinct pair from Rr and Hh for the > affricate? Nobody really knows what Common Scandinavian "Ʀʀ" > really was anyway, though I bet on /r\/.
Ditto for these, I'd have to define a digraph for them even.
> "Γr" against "Rʀ" and "Hʜ" is tempting... я as a rhotic is > just plain wrong. Sorry for that.
Ah, but it sure *looks* raspy, and stands out.
> If and only if you use š and/or ž ř may be a good choice.
I use {š} for /S/ and {ž} for /Z/. I'll add your candidates to the "What looks best"-thread. t.

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Benct Philip Jonsson <conlang@...>