Lāngārāndot/Phonology and Orthography

This page presents the difference between the Porvojy and Sadu dialects of Lāngārāndot.

Alphabet
There are twenty-six letters in the alphabet, including two digraphs (dh and tš). Like most of the language, the alphabet is very straightforward and consistant. There is one digraph (nk) that is not a letter.

The following letters are only used in loanwords: ''C, E, I, Q, W. ''These letters only have one pronunciation, no matter how the loanword is pronounced in the original language.

Phonotactics
Consonant digraphs and trigraphs are common and are pronounced according to the IPA. No consonant cluster is extremely difficult to pronounce (i.e. str is common but kvb would not exist).

There are six vowel diphthongs.

Stress
The Porvojy accent stresses the penultimate syllable.

Alphabet
There are twenty-six letters in the alphabet, including two digraphs (dh and tš). Like most of the language, the alphabet is very straightforward and consistant. There is one digraph (nk) that is not a letter.

The following letters are only used in loanwords: ''E, I, Q, W, Ž. ''These letters only have one pronunciation, no matter how the loanword is pronounced in the original language.

Phonotactics
Consonant digraphs and trigraphs are common and are pronounced according to the IPA. No consonant cluster is extremely difficult to pronounce (i.e. str is common but kvb would not exist).

There are six vowel diphthongs.

There is also one nasal digraph per vowel, indicated with an "m" following the vowel.

Stress
The Sadu accent emphasizes the last syllable.