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I'm not so learned as you are in Cornish but I've some examples in
Breton that could help.<br>
In Breton we write "deiz" and it can be pronunced as [de:] or [dejs],
[di] is heard in the days of the weeks, so I think that <deidh>
could be fine in Cornish.<br>
Words such as <den>, <mel>... monosyllables for the most as
I know, varies between [e:] ha [i:]. Humphrey Lloyd Humphreys, in
"Phonologie et morphosyntaxe du parler breton de Bothoa", writes that
this vowel may be heard has [ei]. The graph <ei> could do the
trick, I think. As far as I know most Breton speakers say [de:] for
<deiz>.<br>
<br>
Oll an gwelha<br>
Stefan<br>
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Skrivet eo bet gant A. J. Trim:
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<pre wrap="">I have looked at your sample text, as requested.
I really don't like this use of the dieresis. I think that it makes the
text look unauthentic. It's not really "unobtrusive". If it were it just
wouldn't work.
However, if we must have the dieresis in our orthography, I have the
following comments:
1) It is easy to remember that <ÿ> is [i:]. It is less easy to remember that
<ÿ> is [e:].
2) It is easy to remember that <ë> is [e:]. It is easy for English speakers
to remember that <ë> is [i:].
3) I would maintain <ei> as an alternative for those who cannot or do not
want to use diacritical marks.
4) <ei> is closer to <ë> than it is to <ÿ>, so I would favour <ë>.
5) <ea> could be used, instead of <ei>, if the <ei> is politically
unacceptable. This would give veadh, beas, deadh, preas ... just a thought.
Regards,
Andrew J. Trim
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<pre wrap="">Please see a sample text with <ÿ> and <ë> at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.kernowek.net/jane-austen_KS17.pdf">http://www.kernowek.net/jane-austen_KS17.pdf</a>
I've called this KS17, though there are other
things which should figure that aren't yet
implemented, like the distribution of <i> and <y>
in monosyllables and their derivatives.
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