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Handy-dandy Napanii spelling (and pronouncation) guide
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate
#1 - 2016-07-17 07:30:55 UTC
So this was hard because I had to find some coherent (and hopefully simple...) rules for spelling among the existing Napanii words without just shoehorning some system in. Well, it took me a week, but I think I came up with something good. https://goo.gl/yFA15z

I'll go into more detail about spelling changes with grammar, but this is a great start for making new Napanii words that fit the existing vocabulary. Bonus: you now know how to pronounce Uemisaisen! Spoiler: it's Yay-me-sai-sain. And any other Napanii words!

PM me if you're interested in getting on the Napanii slack and getting edit permissions so you can add those words.

-Neph

~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~

"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn." -Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
Kolmogorow
Freedom Resources
#2 - 2016-07-17 12:43:51 UTC
Hmmm, now I have to get rid of my inevitable Umlaut-"Ü" for "Ue", that will be hard... (Or perhaps I can keep it as Napanii with a heavy Minmatar accent? Shocked) BTW: Do audio files exist somewhere to listen to the correct pronounciation?

Anyway, great work!

PS: I think, here in the text... "Any consonant can be an initial consonant, but [not] every consonant can be a terminal." ... a "not" is missing, isn't it?
Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate
#3 - 2016-07-17 13:01:17 UTC
Kolmogorow wrote:
Hmmm, now I have to get rid of my inevitable Umlaut-"Ü" for "Ue", that will be hard... (Or perhaps I can keep it as Napanii with a heavy Minmatar accent? Shocked) BTW: Do audio files exist somewhere to listen to the correct pronounciation?

Anyway, great work!

PS: I think, here in the text... "Any consonant can be an initial consonant, but [not] every consonant can be a terminal." ... a "not" is missing, isn't it?


Haha, yeah, I'll have to change that. Also, be advised that this is official State Napanii. While it's not going to vary much within the State, I'm sure there's pronunciation differences just between different branches of any mega. And of course, there's my Lonetrek "sore throat" accent, and probably many others. Someday we might even be able to keep track of all of those...

~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~

"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn." -Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka