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#ថៃជាអ្នកផ្ដេីមសង្គ្រាម /tʰaj ciə nĕək pɗaəm sɒŋkriəm/ [t̪ʰaj t͡ɕiə̯ n̪ĕə̯ʔ b̊ɗaə̯̃m sɒ̃ŋˈɡ̊ɾiə̯̃m]

Example of the Khmer love of alliteration in an injunction to slow to 40 when emergency lights are flashing on the side of the road: ឃើញពន្លឺភ្លើងភ្លឹបភ្លែតនៅជាយផ្លូវទេ [kʰɤ̃ːɲ b̥ŭə̯̃n̪.ˈlɯː pʰlɤ̃ːŋ pʰlɯp̚ pʰlɛ̝ːt̪̚ nɯʊ̯ t͡ɕiə̯j pʰlɤʊ̯ t̪eː]

Arms of Launceston, Tasmania Blazon: Arms: Or, on a Pall reversed Azure a Bezant in centre point and an Ingot of Tin proper on each of the lower limbs, on a Chief indented Vert three Waratah Flowers stalked and leaved also proper. (See picture I took in town today of the painted arms)

[ʔaːɪˈhɛiʔ͡t̪ːəˌkʰɔ̝ˑl̴d͡d̥]

#australiancoins Found a Norfolk Island centenary coin (one of only a few I’ve ever seen). This is one of my favorite designs.

#langsky I was recently interviewed by a professor of translation studies, and the interview has just been published in an outlet for his discipline. Check it out: hopscotchtranslation.com/2025/04/22/s...

𐐐𐐈𐐑𐐀 𐐀𐐝𐐓𐐊𐐡! /ˈhæpi ˈistɚ/ Happy Easter! www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/genera...

#langsky Can anyone help me figure out to how to get Unicode Anatolian hieroglyphs to display on my iPhone?

#langsky #deseretalphabet Complete Twitter thread for Deseret Alphabet letters: 𐐨 x.com/neilalexande... 𐐩 x.com/neilalexande... 𐐪 x.com/neilalexande... 𐐫 x.com/neilalexande... 𐐬 x.com/neilalexande... 𐐭 x.com/neilalexande...

#langsky #deseretalphabet Final Deseret Alphabet post: The digraphs. In the 1869 Book of Mormon, the letters 𐐦 /ɔɪ/ and 𐐧 /ɪu/ are replaced by the digraphs 𐐉𐐆 <ɒɪ> and 𐐆𐐅 <ɪu> respectively. It uses the digraphs 𐐊𐐡 <ʌɹ> and 𐐇𐐡 <ɛɹ> for /ɜ(ɹ)/ and /ə(ɹ)/. The digraph 𐐐𐐎 <hw> stands for /ʍ/.

The 40th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐧 /ɪu/. It's an optional diphthong. Like the 39th letter, it's problematic. It has 2 different shapes: one is a ligature of 𐐆 /ɪ/ + 𐐅 /u/ (as seen in the attached image, which is almost identical to the 𐐃 /ɔ/ + 𐐆 /ɪ/ ligature that is a variant for /ɔɪ/.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 39th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐦 /ɔɪ/. This is 1 of 2 optional letters for diphthongs. It's hugely problematic. There're 2 completely different forms of the letter: 1, as in the example image, is a ligature of 𐐉 /ɒ/ + 𐐆/ɪ/. The 2nd, which I see in my Firefox...

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 38th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐥 /ŋ/. Its name is /ɛŋ/. This is the final letter of the standard DA used in the 1869 Book of Mormon, though there are two additional (optional) letters.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 37th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐤 /n/. Its name is /ɛn/. It is coincidentally similar to Ethiopic ነ <nä>.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 36th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐣 /m/. Its name is /ɛm/.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 35th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐢 /l/. Its name is /ɛl/. 𐐢 /l/ together with the DA letters 𐐄 /oʊ/ and 𐐎 /w/ form the group of DA letters that are nearly identical in shape to the corresponding Latin letters that share the same values in English.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 34th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐡 /ɹ/. Its name is /ɜɹ/. Its name continues to cause problems for modern users, who mistakenly believe it may always be used for the syllables /ɜɹ/ & /əɹ/.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 33rd letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐠 /ʒ/. Its name is /ʒi/. This is the last obstruent letter and the end of the fricative subclass.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 31st letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐟 /ʃ/. Its name is /ɛʃ/.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 30th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐞 /z/. Its name is /zi/.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 29th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐝 /s/. Its name is /ɛs/. In the final DA standard, it does not have a syllabic value, but the famous 1860 Mormon gold coin uses it to abbreviate the /ɛs/ in 'holiness' as 𐐐𐐄𐐢𐐆𐐤𐐝 h-o͡ʊ-l-ɪ-n-ɛ‿s.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 28th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐜 /ð/. Its name is /ði/. English spelling does not distinguish this sound, the sound of <TH> in <THEN>, from /θ/, the sound of <TH> in <THIN>. The DA keeps these sounds separate.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 28th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐛 /θ/. Its name is /ɛθ/. English does not distinguish this sound, the sound of <TH> in <THIN> from /ð/, the sound of <TH> in <THEN>. The DA keeps these sounds separate.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 27th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐚 /v/. Its name is /vi/. It is derived from its voiceless counterpart, 𐐙 /f/, by an additional loop.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 26th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐙 /f/. Its name is /ɛf/. It's the 1st letter of the fricative subclass, which goes from labio-dental to palato-alveolar, with -voice before +voice in each pair. Fricative letter names are strict: /ɛC/ for -voice; /Ci/ for +voice.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 25th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐘 /g/. Its name is /geɪ/. In isolation, it represents the word ‘gay’.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 24th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐗 /k/. Its name is /keɪ/.

The 23rd letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐖 /dʒ/. Its name is /dʒi/.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 22nd letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐕 /tʃ/. Its name is /tʃi/.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 21st letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐔 /d/. Its name is /di/.

#langskly #desretalphabet The 20th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐓 /t/. Its name is /ti/.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 19th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐒 /b/. Its name is /bi/. When this letter stands alone, it is read as its name and can represent 'be' or 'bee'.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 18th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐑 /p/. Its name is /pi/. This is the first letter of the subclass of obstruents, which are divided into stops & fricatives, labial-velar, in pairs of -voice & +voice.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 17th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐐 /h/. Its original name is unknown & is given as "h," which likely didn't mean /eɪtʃ/ because all other DA letter names include the sound they represent. In my 2005 book, I named it /hɑ/, which I use when teaching it.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 16th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐏 /j/. Its name is /ji/, and in isolation as 𐐏, it stands for the word YE.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 15th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐎 /w/. This is the first DA letter that has a name that is not identical to the phoneme it represents. Its name is /wu/.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 14th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐍 /aʊ/.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 13th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐌 /aɪ/.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 12th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐋 /ʊ/.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 11th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐊 /ʌ/.

#langsky #deseretalphabet A few more comments on the original gravestone with a Deseret Alphabet inscription. The original is actually quite an important witness to the script, which was only birthed circa 1853.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 10th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐉 /ɒ/.

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 9th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐈 /æ/.

Love the use of heraldry in Australia!

#langsky #deseretalphabet The 8th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐇 /ɛ/.