[Spellyans] An Abecedary Kernowek
Michael Everson
everson at evertype.com
Sun Mar 29 11:27:59 IST 2009
Regarding:
> Gendall:
> ê, bî, zî, dî, î, êf, jî,
> êch, ey, jê, kê, el, êm, ên, ow, pî,
> cû/kyû, àr, ess, tî, û/yû, vêy
> dùbel yû, ex, whey, zad
His source is Jago's Ancient Language and Dialect of Cornwall, and is
the Cornish dialect version of the alphabet (that is, it is English,
not traditional Cornish).
Doing some comparisons I'd modify my own suggestion thus, by
changing :"êch" to "hâ".
â, bê, cê, dê, ê, ef, gê,
hâ, î, jê, kê, ell, èm, èn, ô, pê
cû, èr, ess, tê, û, vê,
wê, ex, yê, zê.
Q is the odd man out... Talek had qwê, and either cû or kyû could be
proposed. In spelling, "qwê wê î ell" (qwil) may? may not? be harder
to pronounce than "cû wê î ell". Comment?
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com
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