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The convention which we use on this list, and in general in places
where diactitics don't appear properly, is to place a colon (:) after
the long vowel:<br>
to:ca:itl<br>
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On 7/31/2010 6:16 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lahunik.62@skynet.be">lahunik.62@skynet.be</a> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="blue" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">Special
signs.</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="blue" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">It
is very annoying
writing Nahuatl with a modern azerty keyboard.</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="blue" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">For
example the word tocaitl,
has a long –o- and a long –a-.</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="blue" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">Therefore
a little
marking line should be above the two vowels.</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="blue" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">Every
time one must
insert a special sign, working with Words.</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="blue" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">In
fact this is a very
old-fashioned rule if I may say.</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="blue" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">In
the Dutch language we
have a rule to write long vowels twice.</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="blue" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">For
example: to go = gaan.</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="blue" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">Tocaitl
should be than
writing, toocaaitl, and one should no longer open special signs.</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="blue" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">I
don't know if there
exist special keyboards with those special signs.</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="blue" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">Or…</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="blue" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">Cuix
o-ni-n-ix-cuep? </span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="blue" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">Or…
Cuix oo-ni-n-ix-cuep?</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="blue" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">Lahun
Ik 62 </span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="blue" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">Baert
Georges</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="blue" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">Flanders</span></font></i><i><font
color="blue"><span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;"
lang="EN-US"> Fields</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span></font></p>
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