Okyyryn Alphabet

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Okyyryn (ಃಒಕಈರಇ) has been using the Kooton (ಃಕಓತಒ) alphabet since 3323. I developped this alphabet out of Kannada to fit the pronunciation of 4th-millennium Okyyryn.

In 6656, the alphabet was officially changed to fit modern Okyyryn pronunciation. The following things changed:

• ಖ, ಥ and ಫ are no longer used in new words. They merely indicate etymology. In 4th-millennium Okyyryn, they represented ejective consonants which disappeared a millennium later.
• The new consonant [d] (an allophone of [t] at the beginning of a word) is written with the new letter ದ.
• The letter ಷ used to be pronounced [ç]. Now it's [j] or [w], depending on the vowels around. To distinguish the two, you now write ಷಿ for [j] and ಷೆ for [w].

The letter ಊ (UU) disappeared when the vowel ɯ�? was pronounced ɤ�? (OO, ಓ). This sound change occurred around the year 7000.

The Kooton alphabet has 18 letters (one of them with diacritics) and a nasality sign. Here's a list of the letters together with their transcription and pronunciation:

1. ಇ Y [i]
2. ಈ YY [u�?]
3. ಉ U [y]
4. ಒ O, if there is no long vowel in the word Ö [o], nasal always [ũ]
5. ಓ OO [ɤ�?]
6. ಕ K [q]
7. ಖ K [k], not used in new words
8. ಜ SH [ʒ]
9. ತ T [t]
10. ಥ T [t], not used in new words
11. ದ D [d]
12. ಫ P [b], not used in new words
13. ಬ P [b]
14. ರ DH [ð]
15. ಲ L [ɫ]
16. ಶ X [χ]
17. ಷ J/W [j] or [w], depending on the vowels around
    • ಷಿ J [j]
    • ಷೆ W [w]
18. ಸ S [s]

The nasality sign ಃ at the beginning of a word indicates that this word is nasal.

Since the spelling reform of 6656, pronunciation changes of individual words have been reflected in the spelling.

1. Introduction
2. History
3. Pronunciation
4. Alphabet
5. Nouns
6. Verbs
7. Pronouns
8. Derivational Morphology
9. Word Order
10. Complex Phrases
11. Vocabulary
12. Sample Text

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