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==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||
Neckthai is written in | Neckthai is written in a version of the [[Tergetian]] abugida. | ||
A ''kháschàwijjálijn'' (''Gerschweierlein''; an analogue to the Thai ''thanthakhat'') is a %-like diacritic that marks consonants that are silenced in the Neckthai pronunciation of Wiebian loanwords. For example, ''wan'' 'body; physical object' is written ''wand<sup>%</sup>'' (reflecting Wiebian ''Wande'' 'body') with a ''kháschàwijjálijn'' over the ''d''. | A ''kháschàwijjálijn'' (''Gerschweierlein''; an analogue to the Thai ''thanthakhat'') is a %-like diacritic that marks consonants that are silenced in the Neckthai pronunciation of Wiebian loanwords. For example, ''wan'' 'body; physical object' is written ''wand<sup>%</sup>'' (reflecting Wiebian ''Wande'' 'body') with a ''kháschàwijjálijn'' over the ''d''. | ||