The Dalecarlian alphabet consists of 32 letters, 25 derived from the Swedish alphabet, and seven additional letters: vowels with an ogonek diacritic, denoting nasality: (Ąą, Ęę, Įį, Ųų, Y̨y̨, and Ą̊ą̊) as well as the consonant Ðð (eð), denoting voiced dental fricative, as 'th' in 'father'. The letters Cc, Qq, Xx and Zz are only used in names and foreign words. The alphabet is used for Elfdalian and for other Dalecarlian dialects. The language up until recently and on a small scale today is written with Dalecarlian runes.
Description edit
| Upper case | A | Ą | B | D | Ð | E | Ę | F | G | H | I | Į | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | Ų | V | W | Y | Y̨ | Å | Ą̊ | Ä | Ö |
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| Lower case | a | ą | b | d | ð | e | ę | f | g | h | i | į | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | r | s | t | u | ų | v | w | y | y̨ | å | ą̊ | ä | ö |
References edit
- Älvdalsk ortografi 2015-07-10.
- Omniglot: Elfdalian alphabet 2015-07-10.
External links edit
- Älvdalskt tangentbord Elfdalian Keyboard (in Swedish)
See also edit
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