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.

Letters

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: @a
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: @æ
ææ	æː		ææ
b	b		Preconsonantal: b@ Elsewhere: b
c	k		Before light vowels: c| Before dark vowels: c\ Elsewhere: c
cgh	x		cgh
ch	tʃ, ʃ	[tʃ] word-initially and after a consonant, [ʃ] elsewhere.	ch
d	d		d
dj	dʒ		dj
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: e@
ee	eː		ee
f	f		f
g	g		g
gh	x, ɣ	[ɣ] between vowels and before voiced consonants, [x] elsewhere.	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.	j
l	l		l
m	m		Initial: m Elsewhere: @m
n	n		Final: n Elsewhere: n@
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: r@ Postconsonantal: @r Elsewhere: r
s	s		Final: s Elsewhere: s@
sch	ʃ		sch
t	t		Final: t Prevocalic: t\ Preconsonantal: t@
tch	tʃ		tch
tþ	θ		tþ
þ	θ, ð	[ð] between vowels and before voiced consonants, [θ] elsewhere.	Intervocalic: \þ\ Elsewhere: þ
u	u		u
uu	uː		uu
v	v		v
w	w		Preconsonantal: w@ Elsewhere: w
y	j		y
z	z		z
zj	ʒ		zj

Punctuation

English	Yesuþoh
Pause	,
End of sentence	After light vowels: |. After dark vowels: \. Elsewhere: .
Question mark	After light vowels: |? After dark vowels: \? Elsewhere: ?