Xi'an alphabet

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The word Xi'an written in kyexiin in xiinthle'a.

The Xi’an alphabet ( Xi'an: kẽxÌN(kyexiin) (Proper); literally script/alphabetic letter; ) is a writing system to write the Xi’an language.

The alphabet has over 200 "letters", symbols or glyphs. Each letter has more than one form (basic, block, corner). Kyexiin has also a hyphen, 'comma' (epentheses and pause), quotation and a period (full stop) mark. Proper nouns are also marked in the Xi’an script. There are a special glyph for vowel muting and a glyph equal to the ampersand (&).

Some glyphs can occur in different shapes or variants. Glyphs are grouped into blocks and form 'words'. The block format is always:

• V, Vowel
• VC, Vowel - Consonant
• CV, Consonant - Vowel
• CVC, Consonant - Vowel - Consonant

Therefore some words can be written differently. Xi’an tries to minimize the number of blocks.

It is important to note that pitch diacritics can fundamentally change the meaning of a word. It can be sometimes very tricky to distinguish these diacritics from each other.Template:RSI

Components

The following kyexiin are written in xiinthle'a , the proper writing of the Xi’an language.

Vowels

SRX	Basic	Block	Corner	CollapsePronunciation
A	a	á	à	[a]
Ā	A	Á	À	[ɑː] - long a - in father /fɑː.ðə*/
Â			%	[ʌ] in but /bʌt/, cut /kʌt/
O	o	ó	ò	[ɛ] in set /sɛt/, net /nɛt/, met /mɛt/
Ō	O	Ó	Ò	[ɛː] - long ɛ -
E	e	é	è	[i]
Ē	E	É	È	[iː] - long i - in spree /spɹiː/
I	i	í	ì	[o]
II	I	Í	Ì	[oː] - long o -
U	u	ú	ù	[u], in some cases /w/
Ū	U	Ú	Ù	[uː]

Consonants

SRX	Basic	Block	Corner	CollapsePronunciation
P	p			[p]
K	k		K	[k]
T	t			[t]
S	s
H	h			[h]
M	m		M	[m] in him /ˈhɪm/, alt: /əm/
N	n		N	[n]
NG	g		G	[ŋ] in Song /sɒŋ/ alt: /sɔŋ/, /sɑŋ/ and singing /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/
TH	þ		Þ	[θ] or [ð] n with /wɪð/, thin /ˈθɪn/
L	l		L	[l] in tell /tɛl/ or /tɛɫ/ , lit /ˈlɪt/ ; in dialect: [r]
R	r		R	[ɾ] or [r] in ital. 'rosa' /ˈrɔ.za/
THL	ð		Ð	[θ] + [l] = with love
X	x			[ʂ]
XY	X			[ʃ]
CH	ç			[ ͡ʈʂ]
KL	ļ			[kl]
KR	ŗ			[kɾ] or [kr]
Y	ĩ	j		[j] in PYU /pjuː/ , KYU /kjuː/, HYUN /hjuːn/, NYU /njuː/ or /nju/, mutant /ˈmjuːtənt/ or /ˈmjuʔn̩(t)/

See also

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• uo'aXy'an Lesson Two: Pronunciation and Writing
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• Template:Kyexiin
• The Kyexiin font project on Github
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