Rypalohnd alphabet
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Rypalohnd alphabet or Rypalönd Äpäcätä (pronounced ['rɪpa.loːnd aːpaːcaːtaː], commonly ['rɪpa.loːnd aː.pa.ca.ta]) is the only script used for Rypalohnd.
History
Alphabet
Rypalohnd alphabet uses Latin script, including letters with diacritics (ć, ś, ź – acute, and ä, ë, ï, ö, ü - two overdots). The order of the letters wasn't officialy set until late 19th century.
А а | Ä ä | P p | B b | C c | Ć ć | T t | D d |
E e | Ë ë | K k | G g | H h | I i | Ï ï | Y y |
J j | L l | M m | N n | O o | Ö ö | R r | S s |
Ś ś | Z z | Ź ź | U u | Ü ü | F f | V v | W w |
X x | Þ þ | Ð ð |
IPA transcription:
/a/ | /aː/ | /p/ | /b/ | /ts/ | /tʃ/ | /t/ | /d/ |
/e~ɛ/ | /eː/ | /k/ | /g/ | /h~ɦ/ | /i~ɪ/ | /iː/ | /ɪ/ |
/ə/ | /j/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /o~ɔ/ | /oː~ɔː/ | /r/ |
/s/ | /ʃ/ | /z/ | /ʒ/ | /u~ʊ/ | /uː/ | /f/ | /v/ |
/w/ or /u/ | /kx/ or /x/ | /θ~t̪/ | /ð~d̪/ |
V, Þ and Ð are used only for words of foreign origin.
Letter h is sometimes used instead of diacritics (ah ä, eh ë, sh ś, ch ć, etc.) or þ (th) and ð (dh).