The Dajnko alphabet (Slovene: dajnčica) was a Slovene alphabet invented by Peter Dajnko. It was used from 1824 to 1839 mostly in Styria (in what is now eastern Slovenia).
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History edit
Dajnko introduced his alphabet in 1824 in his book Lehrbuch der windischen Sprache (Slovene Textbook).[1] He decided to replace the older Bohorič alphabet with his own new writing system because of the problems with the writing of sibilants.[2] In 1825, Franc Serafin Metelko came up with a similar proposal, complicating the issue. The Dajnko alphabet, which was introduced to schools in 1831, was fiercely opposed by Anton Murko and Anton Martin Slomšek.[3] After 1834 it gradually came out of use with the adoption of a slightly modified version of Gaj's Latin alphabet as the new Slovene script and was in 1839 officially abolished.[4]
Letters edit
He represented the phonemes /ts/, /s/, /z/ with the letters C, S, Z (as in the modern Slovene alphabet) and the phonemes /tʃ/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/ with special characters (see table below). In addition, he invented two extra symbols, which were omitted after 1829 (see table below):
| Upper case | Lower case | IPA | Modern Slovene |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | c | /t͡s/ | c |
| Ч | ɥ | /t͡ʃ/ | č |
| S | s | /s/ | s |
| Ȣ | ȣ | /ʃ/ | š |
| Z | z | /z/ | z |
| X | x | /ʒ/ | ž |
| Ŋ | ŋ | /n̪ʲ/ | nj |
| Y | y | /y/ | ü (in eastern dialects only) |
Dajnko's alphabetical order was as follows:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N Ŋ O P R S Ȣ Z X T U Y V Ч
The IETF language tags have assigned the variant sl-dajnko to Slovene in the Dajnko alphabet.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Dajnkova slovnica" [The Grammar of Dajnko]. Kamra (in Slovenian). 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ Prilasnig, Fabian (2011). "Dajnčica". Die Entwicklung des slawischen Schrifttums [The Development of the Slavic Literatures] (in German). GRIN Verlag. p. 17. ISBN 9783656051015.
- ^ Mugerli, Anja. "Dajnčica". In Ahačič, Kozma (ed.). Slovenski črkopisi [Slovene Alphabets] (PDF) (in Slovenian). pp. 26–28.
- ^ Prilasnig, Fabian (2011). "Dajnčica". Die Entwicklung des slawischen Schrifttums (in German). GRIN Verlag. p. 17. ISBN 9783656051015.
- ^ "IETF language subtag registry". IANA. 2021-08-06. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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