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As my first post for the forums, I thought that I'd post something from my (admittedly probably ASB) timeline: the alphabet for a Vinlandic language. I apologize if there's any lack of clarity, I'm a bit nervous about my first post and usually have trouble getting my thoughts out, but here's the basic alphabet: Letter/alphabet pron./IPA:
A/a/[a/a:]
Á/á/[au/au:]
B/beja/[p]
D/deja/[d]
Ð/eða/[ð]
E/e/[ɛ/ɛ:]
É/é/[jɛ/jɛ:]
F/effa/[f]
G/geja/[k/ɣ]
H/hája/[h]
I/i/[ɪ/ɪ:]
Í/í/[i/i:]
J/joch/[j]
K/kája/[k]
L/elja/[l]
M/emja/[m]
N/enja/[n]
O/o/[ɔ/ɔ:]
Ó/ó/[ou/ou:]
P/paja/[p]
R/erja/[r]
S/esa/
T/eta/[t]
U/u/[u/u:]
Ú/ú/[ju/ju:]
V/vaja/[v]
Y/ufsilon y/[ɪ/ɪ:]
Ý/ý/[ʊi/ʊi:]
Þ/þorn/[θ]
Æ/æ/[ai/ai:]
Ö/ö/[œ/œ:]
Ü/ü/[y/y:]
Digraph/diphthong followed by IPA:
au [øy]
ch [x]
dh, gh [j/ɣ]
dj, gj [dʒ]
ei/ey [ei/ei:]
gg [ç:]
hv [kv]
ll [tl/tɬ]
sj, skj [ʃ]
tj [t͡ʃ]
Additional notes:
The digraphs ‘dh’ and 'gh’ usually occur in words of Irish origin and are also silent at the end of a word.
When closer to an 'a’, 'o’, or 'u’, these digraphs make the voiced velar fricative (/ɣ/) and the English 'y’ sound when nearer to 'e’ and 'i’.
In the case of eclipsis, as in Irish, the first consonant is pronounced only.
Let me know what you think or if you have any questions; I'm not the best at making timelines, so I apologize if any explanations I have are rusty any.