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Russian Latin

Name: Anonymous 2010-03-29 16:03

My variant of Latin alphabet for Russian:

А а - A a
Б б - B b
В в - V v
Г г - G g
Д д - D d
Е е - Je je
Ё ё - Jo jo
Ж ж - Ž ž
З з - Z z
И и - I i
Й й - J j
К к - K k
Л л - Ł ł
М м - M m
Н н - N n
О о - O o
П п - P p
Р р - R r
С с - S s
Т т - T t
У у - U u
Ф ф - F f
Х х - Ch ch
Ц ц - C c
Ч ч - Č č
Ш ш - Š š
Щ щ - Šč šč
Ъ ъ - no exact match
Ы ы - Y y
Ь ь - long explanation, see below
Э э - E e
Ю ю - Ju ju
Я я - Ja ja

Indication of palatalization is similar to Polish, but 'e' is always palatal in Russian and hence does not require 'i' before it. More letters can have kreska over them. Usage of 'y' follows the Cyrillic rules.

Бь бь - B́ b́
Вь вь - V́ v́
Дь дь - D́ d́
Зь зь - Ź ź
Ль ль - L l
Мь мь - Ḿ ḿ
Нь нь - Ń ń
Пь пь - Ṕ ṕ
Рь рь - Ŕ ŕ
Сь сь - Ś ś
Ть ть - T́ t́
Фь фь - F́ f́

Name: Anonymous 2010-03-31 9:55

>>27
Nops. I'm no native Russian speaker, but Portuguese.

But, hey, look Russian language:
***It has palatized consonants - no support in Latin alphabet;
***It has lots of sibilants - no support in Latin alphabet¹;
***Stress was predictable in Latin, it's not in Russian. This can be worked around with diacritics, but stops you using them for other reasons;
Like that.

OBS: 1 - Latin had only ONE sibilant - /s/. <Z> /dz/ was only in Greek loanwords. Even Neolatin languages, like mine, struggle with this lack of support. And I know a Germanic language that would do GREAT if switched OFF Latin script...

I vote for reform in Russian spelling, but WITHIN CYRILLIC.

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