German dialect case study spelling
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The present spelling system has been invented by Saaropean to provide a phonemic, regular way of writing the Rhine Franconian dialect shown in this case study.
Using double consonants to mark short vowels, it follows the spelling traditions of various Germanic languages.
| Letter | IPA | Approximate English Sound | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | a | cup | Faddà (father) |
| A, AA | a: | father | san (to say) |
| AI | aɪ | bye | nai (new) |
| AU | aÊŠ | cow | haus (house) |
| À | É? | gangsta | ivvà (over) |
| B, BB | b | ball | Bach (creek) |
| p | pay (at the end of a syllable) | Kabb (cap) | |
| CH | see SCH | see SCH | Leschà (holes) |
| ɣ | between ʀ and x | lache (to laugh) | |
| x | Scottish loch, Spanish hijo (after A, AU, O or U at the end of a syllable) | Tach (Good Day) | |
| D, DD | d | day | oddà (or) |
| t | tea (at the end of a syllable) | gudd (good) | |
| E | É™ (unstressed, short) | action | holle (to take) |
| E | É› (stressed, short) | get (short) | genn (to give/become) |
| E, EE | ε: | get (but longer) | klen (small) |
| EH | e: | French été (long) | gehn (to go) |
| F, FF | f | fair | finne (to find) |
| v | love | lafe (to run) | |
| G, GG | g | go | gugge (to look) |
| k | key (at the end of a syllable) | Schnog (mosquito) | |
| H | h | house | hann (to have) |
| I | ɪ (short) | hit (short) | midd (with) |
| I, IE | ɪ: (long) | meet (long) | sin (to see) |
| J | j | yes | joo (yes) |
| like CH | like CH (at the end of a syllable) | Vej (way) | |
| K | k | key (only written K at the beginning of a word) | Kabbes (cabbage/nonsense) |
| L, LL | l | light | lang (long) |
| M, MM | m | moon | Muddà (mother) |
| N, NN | n | no | nur (only) |
| NG | Å‹ | sing | singe (to sing) |
| O | É” (short) | hot (short) | ovve (above) |
| O, OO | É”: | law (long) | doo (there) |
| OH | o: | French eau (long) | grohs (big/huge/tall) |
| P | p | pay (only written P at the beginning of a word) | Per (horse) |
| R, RR | ʀ | rain (actually a uvular voiced fricative or approximant) | Ren (rain) |
| É? (forming a diphthong) | gangsta (behind a vowel and preceding a consonant) | Dorf (village) | |
| S, SS | z | zoo | san (to say) |
| s | see (at the end of a syllable) | vass (what) | |
| SCH | ʃ | shine | schen (beautiful) |
| Ê’ | measure (between two vowels) | Flasche (bottles) | |
| T | t | tea (only written T at the beginning of a word) | Tass (cup) |
| U | ÊŠ | put (short) | Huddel (trouble) |
| U, UU | ÊŠ: | fool (long) | Tud (bag) |
| V, VV | Ê‹ | vet | visse (to know) |
| p | pay (at the end of a syllable) | Buv (boy) | |
| X, KX | ks | box | nikx (nothing) |
| Z, TZ | ʦ | nuts | zaie (to show) |
A stressed vowel preceding exactly one consonant is long, if it precedes several consonants (including digraphs, trigraphs and double consonants) it is short.
At the end of a word (even in monosyllabic words), a single E is always pronounced É™.
Most speakers do not really differentiate A and À. In opposite to some northern German dialects, though, AR is pronounced as a diphthong rather than a long vowel.
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