Appendix:Væyne Zaanics orthography

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The Væyne Zaanics language is written with the Yesuþoh script, an alphabet with a variety of multigraphs and contextual variants. Yesuþoh is unicameral and written horizontally from left to right.

Importantly, the "light" vowels of Væyne Zaanics are æ, e, i and their long counterparts, while the "dark" ones are a, o, u and their long counterparts.

Romanization	IPA	Notes	Yesuþoh
a	ɑ, ə	[ə] when unstressed and non-initial/non-pretonic, except in syllables ending with w, l, r, y or h.	Initial: a Elsewhere: la
aa	ɑː		aa
æ	æ, ə	[ə] when unstressed and non-initial/non-pretonic, except in syllables ending with w, l, r, y or h.	Initial: æ Elsewhere: læ
ææ	æː		ææ
b	b		Preconsonantal: bl Elsewhere: b
c	k		Before light vowels: ci Before dark vowels: cu Elsewhere: c
ch	tʃ, ʃ	[tʃ] word-initially and after a consonant, [ʃ] elsewhere. Tch is pronounced [tʃ] and sch is pronounced [ʃ].	ch
d	d		d
e	e, ə	[ə] when unstressed and non-initial/non-pretonic, except in syllables ending with w, l, r, y or h.	Final: e Elsewhere: el
ee	eː		ee
f	f		f
g	g		g
gh	x, ɣ	[ɣ] between vowels and before voiced consonants, [x] elsewhere. Cgh is pronounced [x].	gh
h	h, silent	Silent in syllable-final position.	h
i	i		i
ii	iː		ii
j	dʒ, ʒ	[dʒ] word-initially and after a consonant, [ʒ] elsewhere. Dj is pronounced [dʒ] and zj is pronounced [ʒ].	j
l	l		l
m	m		Initial: m Elsewhere: om
n	n		Final: n Elsewhere: no
o	o, ə	[ə] when unstressed and non-initial/non-pretonic, except in syllables ending with w, l, r, y or h.	o
oo	oː		oo
p	p		p
r	r		Preconsonantal: rl Postconsonantal: lr Elsewhere: r
s	s		Final: s Elsewhere: so
t	t		Final: t Prevocalic: to Preconsonantal: tl
þ	θ, ð	[ð] between vowels and before voiced consonants, [θ] elsewhere. Tþ is pronounced [θ].	Intervocalic: oþo Elsewhere: þ
u	u		u
uu	uː		uu
v	v		v
w	w		Preconsonantal: wl Elsewhere: w
y	j		y
z	z		z
Pause			,
End of sentence			After light vowels: i. After dark vowels: u. Elsewhere: .
Question mark			After light vowels: i? After dark vowels: u? Elsewhere: ?