Appendix:Sarkezhe orthography
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The Sarkezhe language from David J. Peterson and Jessie Peterson's YouTube series LangTime Studio is written using an alphabet.
Orthography
The script used to write Sarkezhe is an alphabet, meaning that its characters represent phonemes, including consonants as well as vowels, or at least they used to at one point in the language's history. In other words, the script displays some orthographic depth.
Letters
| Sarkezhe | Type | Romanization | IPA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | a | ɑ | ||
| ä | ä | æ | ||
| ää | ää | æː | ||
| b | b or p | b, p | ||
| bb | bb | bː | ||
| d | d | d | ||
| dd | dd | dː | ||
| e | e | e | ||
| ẽ | ẽ | ẽ | ||
| ẽẽ | ẽẽ | ẽː | ||
| g | g | g | ||
| gh | gh | ʀ | ||
| h | h | h | ||
| i | i | i | ||
| k | k | k | ||
| q | q | k | k | Used to stand for /q/. |
| x | kh | x | ||
| l | l | l | ||
| ll | ll | lː | ||
| m | m | m | ||
| mm | mm | mː | ||
| n | n | n | ||
| nn | nn | nː | ||
| ng | ng | ŋ | ||
| o | o | o | ||
| oo | oo | oː | ||
| ö | ö | ø | ||
| öö | öö | øː | ||
| õ | õ | õ | ||
| õõ | õõ | õː | ||
| r | r | r | ||
| rr | rr | rː | ||
| s | s | s | ||
| t | t | t | ||
| z | ts | ts | ||
| u | u | u | ||
| ü | ü | y | ||
| üü | üü | yː | ||
| w | w | w | ||
| y | y | j | ||
Punctuation
| Sarkezhe | Description |
|---|---|
| . | Beginning of text |
| a.. | . after a letter without a descender (shown here with a) |
| ä.. | . after a letter with a descender (shown here with ä) |
| , | , : ; - / etc. |
| ! | ! |
| ? | ? |
| # | # |
Numerals
| Sarkezhe | # |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 |