Appendix:Væyne Zaanics orthography

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

Romanization	IPA	Notes	Yesuþoh
a	ɑ, ə	[ə] when unstressed in non-initial and non-pretonic positions, except in syllables ending with w, l, r, y or h.	a
aa	ɑː		aa
æ	æ, ə	[ə] when unstressed in non-initial and non-pretonic positions, except in syllables ending with w, l, r, y or h.	æ
ææ	æː		ææ
b	b		b
c	k		c
ch	tʃ, ʃ	[tʃ] at the beginning of a word and when following a consonant, [ʃ] elsewhere. Tch is pronounced [tʃ] and sch is pronounced [ʃ].	ch
d	d		d
e	e, ə	[ə] when unstressed in non-initial and non-pretonic positions, except in syllables ending with w, l, r, y or h.	e
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] at the beginning of a word and when following a consonant, [ʒ] elsewhere. Dj is pronounced [dʒ] and zj is pronounced [ʒ].	j
l	l		l
m	m		m
n	n		n
o	o, ə	[ə] when unstressed in non-initial and non-pretonic positions, except in syllables ending with w, l, r, y or h.	o
oo	oː		oo
p	p		p
r	r		r
s	s		s
t	t		t
þ	θ, ð	[ð] between vowels and before voiced consonants, [θ] elsewhere. Tþ is pronounced [θ].	þ
u	u		u
uu	uː		uu
v	v		v
w	w		w
y	j		y
z	z		z