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The Kingdom's language reform proposals(#288), posted by la garçâ malpadert, [IP Hidden], September 20, 2007 - 02:37. Viewed 406 times.
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Miestrâ Schivâ
Reposted here for your convenience:

Proposal 2. For words imported into Talossan, that either the word be pronounced in Talossan (so that if "weekend" were left spelled that way, then it would indeed be pronounced "way-ache-aind") or re-spelled in Talossan so that it is pronounced as in the foreign language (which, to my mind, is preferable in most cases).

Proposal 3.1 The apostrophe is used to separate letter groups, so that each side is pronounced by itself. (Eg: word avîntguárd ("vanguard") (because it includes the digraph "tg" in it) would be written avînt'guárd.)

Proposal 3.2.1 Replace ñ with ng.
Proposal 3.2.2 Change nh to gñh.
Proposal 3.2.3 Change gñh to gn.
Proposal 3.6.1 Respell occurrences of s-ch.
Proposal 3.6.2 Change sh to sch.v.
Proposal 3.9 Spell the infinitives of verbs with rh instead of r, and adopt the rule that rh is always pronounced sh -as in ship.
Proposal 3.10 çh changes to gh, to be pronounced g as in gift.
Proposal 3.11 About J, K, W, and Y.

J An alternate form of the vowel I, used mainly when the i precedes another vowel, forming a diphthong and taking on the pronunciation of a semi-consonantal y as in English yard.
K Always pronounced like k in English kite. Rarely used in Talossa, and only in imported words where respelling (using c or ch) seems wrong.
W Equivalent in pronunciation to u, when the u precedes a vowel, forming a diphthong and taking on the sound of semi-consonantal w as in English wish. Rarely used, and only in imported words where respelling (using u ) seems wrong.
Y Used in Talossan only where the reference is to the letter itself (y-axis, a Y in the road). If a foreign proper name including the letter y (Hillary Clinton, Boris Yeltsin) appears embedded in a Talossan text, the y is pronounced like i. If a foreign word including y is imported into Talossan, the y is respelled with an i.

Proposal 5.1: Change the rule that says that nouns and adjectives ending in a stressed vowel form the plural by adding -n before adding -s, and make it “ending in a stressed vowel OTHER THAN A”. Then specify that nouns and adjectives ending in a stressed a form their plural by changing -à to -áes.

Proposal 5.2:
1. The feminine ending of an adjective in -éu is henceforth to be -éa. (The very rare orthographic change whereby those adjectives in -céu formerly went to -ciâ, and those in -chéu to -câ, is no longer necessary; ejuncéu -> ejuncéa, acusichéu -> acusichéa.)
2. “Bisexual nouns” ending in -eu, -éu, or -esc, and those which are past participles ending in -at, when used of a female referent, change gender just as if they were adjectives (in -â, -éa, -eascâ, and -adâ).

Proposal 5.3:
First-declension nouns ending in the sounds of -sch and -tsch, -scht, -xh, -tx, -z, -glh, and -gn (in addition to those in ¬ s) MUST form plurals with en instead of s.


As I said on the ACGT, the joint discussion board, I approve of all of these except for 5.1, because it means that the plural of peculiaristà will now be peculiaristàes instead of peculiaristàns, which just irks me for some reason.

I think there are a couple of others for which I can't find definitive texts on the Kingdom board. Perhaps our good friend s:reu Asmoûr will be able to repost texts of "Proposals 4 and 6"?


Miestrâ Schivâ
Founder-President, ZRT - Party of National Unity
Editor, Qator Itrìns
Chief High Language Geek of the Talossan Republic

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