Dazhdin orthography

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The Dazhdin orthography (Dazhdin: Daẑinčincka ortografija / Даҗінчінцка ортография) is a set of rules, that guide the written form of the Dazhdin language.

Alphabets

Latin alphabet

A a /a ~ ɑ/	Ą ą /ɔ̃ ~ ɔw̃/	B b /b/	C c /ts/	Č č /tʃ ~ tɕ/	D d /d/	Đ đ /ɟ/	E e /ɛ ~ e/	Ě ě /ʲɛ ~ ʲe/	Ę ę /ɛ̃ ~ ẽ/
F f /f/	G g /ɡ/	H h /x/	Ĥ ĥ /h ~ ɦ/	I ı /i ~ ɪ/	İ i /ʲi/	J j /j/	Ь ь /ĭ/	K k /k/	L l /l/
Ľ ľ /ʎ/	M m /m/	N n /n/	Ň ň /ɲ/	O o /ɔ ~ o/	P p /p/	Q q /kv/	R r /r/	S s /s/	Š š /ʃ ~ ɕ/
Ŝ ŝ /ʃtʃ/	T t /t/	Ŧ ŧ /c/	U u /u/	Ų ų /ʊ̃ ~ ũ/	V v /v/	W w /ʋ/	X x /ks/	Y y /ɨ ~ y/	Ъ ъ /y̆ ~ ɯ̆/
Z z /z/	Ž ž /ʒ ~ ʑ/	Ẑ ẑ /ʒdʒ/	Ʒ ʒ /dz/	Ǯ ǯ /dʒ/

Note: Letter Ĥ is an introduced letter to denote the /h/ sound in loanwords (for example the word "ĥistorьja")

Cyrillic alphabet

А а /a ~ ɑ/	Б б /b/	В в /v/	Г г /ɡ/	Д д /d/	Ђ ђ /ɟ/	Е е /ɛ ~ e/	Є є /ʲɛ ~ ʲe/	Ж ж /ʒ ~ ʑ/	Җ җ /ʒdʒ/
З з /z/	Ѕ ѕ /dz/	І і /ʲi/	И и /i ~ ɪ/	Ј ј /j/	К к /k/	Л л /l/	Љ љ /ʎ/	М м /m/	Н н /n/
Њ њ /ɲ/	О о /ɔ ~ o/	П п /p/	Р р /r/	С с /s/	Т т /t/	Ћ ћ /c/	У у /u/	Ф ф /f/	Х х /x/
Ц ц /ts/	Ч ч /tʃ ~ tɕ/	Џ џ /dʒ/	Ш ш /ʃ ~ ɕ/	Щ щ /ʃtʃ/	Ъ ъ /y̆ ~ ɯ̆/	Ы ы /ɨ ~ y/	Ь ь /ĭ/	Ѥ ѥ /jɛ ~ je/	Ю ю /ju/
Я я /ja ~ jɑ/	Ѫ ѫ /ʊ̃ ~ ũ/	Ѭ ѭ /jʊ̃ ~ jũ/	Ѧ ѧ /ɛ̃ ~ ẽ/	Ѩ ѩ /jɛ̃ ~ jẽ/	Ꙙ ꙙ /ɔ̃ ~ ɔw̃/	Ꙝ ꙝ /jɔ̃ ~ jɔw̃/

Rules

Sibilants

Voiced							Voiceless
Latin				Example	IPA		Latin				Example	IPA
Cyrillic							Cyrillic
Serif		Sans					Serif		Sans
S	s	S	s	Syrъ Сыръ (Cheese)	s		Z	z	Z	z	Mezъ Мезъ (Border)	z
С	с	С	с				З	з	З	з
Š	š	Š	š	Šıry Ширы (Wide)	ʃ ~ ɕ		Ž	ž	Ž	ž	Možьne Можьне (Possible)	ʒ ~ ʑ
Ш	ш	Ш	ш				Ж	ж	Ж	ж
Ŝ	ŝ	Ŝ	ŝ	Ŝirъ Щіръ (Scorpion)	ʃt͡ʃ ~ ʃt͡ɕ		Ẑ	ẑ	Ẑ	ẑ	Meẑir Меҗір (Mortar)	ʒd͡ʒ ~ ʒd͡ʑ
Щ	щ	Щ	щ				Җ	җ	Җ	җ
C	c	C	c	Cirkъ Цiркъ (Circus)	t͡s		Ʒ	ʒ	Ʒ	ʒ	Meʒı Меѕи (Between)	d͡z
Ц	ц	Ц	ц				Ѕ	ѕ	Ѕ	ѕ
Č	č	Č	č	Čiry Чіры (Pure)	t͡ʃ ~ t͡ɕ		Ǯ	ǯ	Ǯ	ǯ	Maǯąn Маџꙙн (Manly)	d͡ʒ ~ d͡ʑ
Ч	ч	Ч	ч				Џ	џ	Џ	џ

Vowel compatibility

	B	C	Č	D	Đ	F	G	H	Ĥ	J	K	L	Ľ	M	N	Ň	P	Q	R	S	Š	Ŝ	T	Ŧ	V	W	X	Z	Ž	Ẑ	Ʒ	Ǯ
A	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Iot	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ą	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Iot	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
E	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Iot	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ě	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Ę	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Iot	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
I	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
İ	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Ь	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
O	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
U	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Iot	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ų	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Iot	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Y	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Ъ	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Iot	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

I, İ and Y

A Venn Diagram of letters which can be in front of each of the I/İ/Y letters

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• İ /ʲi/ - BCČDJLMNPRŠŜTŽẐǮ
• I /ɪ/ - BDFGHKNPSŠTVZƷǮ
• Y /ɨ/ - BDHKLMPRSTVZŽƷ

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• Cyrillic version

Dazhdin uses all three of former proto-slavic "I"s:

• İi/Іі [ʲi] - only I that is softening the letter in front of it. Letter, that are softened, are D ([d]→[ɟ]), N ([n]→[ɲ]), R ([r]→[rʲ]) & T ([t]→[c])
• Iı/Ии [ɪ] - The more frontal of the two non-softening "I"s. Is equivalent to the most common i sound in Anglish
• Yy/Ыы [ɨ] - The more back-placed of the two non-softening "I"s. Is equivalent to the Ü letter in Dolch

Letters Đ, Ľ, Ň and Ŧ

Letters Đ, Ľ, Ň and Ŧ will never be placed in front of the letter i/ı/y, as they themselves show softening:

• Đı → Di (Đı is an incorrect version of spelling)
• Ľı → Li (Ľı is an incorrect version of spelling)
• Ňı → Ni (Ňı is an incorrect version of spelling)
• Ŧı → Ti (Ŧı is an incorrect version of spelling)

Iotation

Non-iotated							Iotated
Latin				Example	IPA		Latin				Example	IPA
Cyrillic							Cyrillic
Serif		Sans					Serif		Sans
A	a	A	a	Ano Ано (Yes)	a ~ ɑ		Ja	ja	Ja	ja	Jano Яно (Ean)	ja ~ jɑ
А	а	А	а				Я	я	Я	я
Ą	ą	Ą	ą	Sąnarъ Сꙙнаръ (Wanderer)	ɔ̃ ~ ɔw̃		Ją	ją	Ją	ją	Jąndarъ Ꙝндаръ (Amber)	jɔ̃ ~ jɔw̃
Ꙙ	ꙙ	Ꙙ	ꙙ				Ꙝ	ꙝ	Ꙝ	ꙝ
E	e	E	e	Pera Пера (Feathers)	ɛ ~ e		Ě	ě	Ě	ě	Pěra Пєра (Lips)	ʲɛ ~ ʲe
Е	е	Е	е				Є	є	Є	є
Ě	ě	Ě	ě	Běsъ Бєсъ (Terror)	ʲɛ ~ ʲe		Je	je	Je	je	Jezъ Ѥзъ (Weir)	jɛ ~ je
Є	є	Є	є				Ѥ	ѥ	Ѥ	ѥ
Ę	ę	Ę	ę	Sętı Сѧти (To sew)	ɛ̃ ~ ẽ		Ję	ję	Ję	ję	Sjętı Сѩти (To remove)	jɛ̃ ~ jẽ
Ѧ	ѧ	Ѧ	ѧ				Ѩ	ѩ	Ѩ	ѩ
U	u	U	u	Ňuh Њух (Smell)	u		Ju	ju	Ju	ju	Jug Юг (South)	ju
У	у	У	у				Ю	ю	Ю	ю
Ų	ų	Ų	ų	Mųž Мѫж (Man)	ʊ̃ ~ ũ		Jų	jų	Jų	jų	Jųž Ѭж (Whom)	jʊ̃ ~ jũ
Ѫ	ѫ	Ѫ	ѫ				Ѭ	ѭ	Ѭ	ѭ