Special signs

[John Schwaller]

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:
to:ca:itl


On 7/31/2010 6:16 PM, lahunik.62 at skynet.be wrote:
>
> /Special signs./
>
> /It is very annoying writing Nahuatl with a modern azerty keyboard./
>
> /For example the word tocaitl, has a long --o- and a long --a-./
>
> /Therefore a little marking line should be above the two vowels./
>
> /Every time one must insert a special sign, working with Words./
>
> /In fact this is a very old-fashioned rule if I may say./
>
> /In the Dutch language we have a rule to write long vowels twice./
>
> /For example: to go = gaan./
>
> /Tocaitl should be than writing, toocaaitl, and one should no longer 
> open special signs./
>
> /I don't know if there exist special keyboards with those special signs./
>
> /Or.../
>
> /Cuix o-ni-n-ix-cuep? /
>
> /Or... Cuix oo-ni-n-ix-cuep?/
>
> /Lahun Ik 62 /
>
> /Baert Georges/
>
> /Flanders// Fields/
>
>
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