[RNLD List] Special characters and diacritics in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages

[Colleen Hattersley]

Thank you Sasha.  I would appreciate a straight glottal stop apostrophe
that does not compete with the dot in letter i.   e.g.ni'i, apa'iana,
Regards
Colleen Hattersley

On Sun, 2 Apr 2023 at 14:27, Sasha Wilmoth <sasha.wilmoth at unimelb.edu.au>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I’m compiling a list of special characters and diacritics used in
> Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. I made a list for a font
> designer friend a few years ago, when he was designing the AusPost font and
> wanted to make sure Indigenous languages were supported. He’s now invited
> me to write a guide for other font designers, so I would like to make sure
> I’m not forgetting anything.
>
>
>
> This is the list I have so far. I know there are more characters used in
> historical sources, and phonetic characters in publications by linguists,
> but I’m more interested in what communities have decided on and are using.
>
>
>
> ¨              umlaut
>
> ´               acute accent
>
> `               grave accent
>
> ¯              macron
>
> Ṉṉ          Underlined n
>
> Ḻḻ             Underlined l
>
> Ṟṟ            Underlined r
>
> Ṯṯ            Underlined t
>
> Ŋŋ          Underlined ŋ
>
> Œœ        OE ligature
>
> Ŭŭ          U with breve (for Gunnai / Kŭrnai)
>
>
>
> Please let me know if I’m missing something!
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sasha
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