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Maichmadder. What does it mean?
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The dictionary is your friend, Veg.

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How are comparatives handled in Elkar?l?
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Sorry, stupid question. I found the answer.
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Why isn't <h> used for /?/ in the transcriptions?
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Aszev wrote:Why isn't <h> used for /?/ in the transcriptions?
In Flaidish, I assume you mean? Because it would seriously mislead readers. It's better to have a character that people know they don't recognize, than one they think they do but which has an unexpected meaning.
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zompist wrote:
Aszev wrote:Why isn't <h> used for /?/ in the transcriptions?
In Flaidish, I assume you mean? Because it would seriously mislead readers. It's better to have a character that people know they don't recognize, than one they think they do but which has an unexpected meaning.
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I've seen <7> for the glottal stop in a number of academic publications, so I suppose Mr. Rosenfelder just happens to be at the bleeding edge of orthographic representation.
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