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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).