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==Orthography==

Gothevian is written primarily in the '''Gothevian script'''. It is an [[w:alphabet|alphabet]] and at its core a variant of the Wulfilan [[w:Gothic alphabet|Gothic alphabet]], augmented by letters borrowed from the nearby [[w:Greek alphabet|Greek]] and [[w:Early Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]] scripts. The modern Gothevian spelling convention is based on the reformed Central Gothevian literary norms, and as such the Modern Gothevian Script contains some archaic features, such as the vowel-modifying consonants {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|q, ƕ}} (q, ƕ), and ditched others, such as the obsolete letters {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|θ, ξ, ψ}} ([[w:theta|θ]], [[w:xi|ξ]], [[w:psi|ψ]]).

The modern Gothevian script contains 31 letters in common use. Most letters are mapped to a single phoneme, with a few others mapped onto more than one phoneme but in regular and predictable contexts.

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Apart from zéty ({{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|z}}), éty ({{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|e}}), đɛ́ty ({{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|đ}}), ɔ́my ({{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|ɔ}}), and cɛ́ty ({{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|c}}), all Gothevian letters can be directly traced to a Gothic-script source. The source of đɛ́ty and cɛ́ty specifically is a point of contention, as no unambigious source has been identified. The many theories include the following:

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===Digraphs and Trigraphs===

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| {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|pš}} (pš), {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|šp}} (šp), {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|ps}} (ps)

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===History===

By the time of the first standardization of the Gothevian script based on the [[w:Stobi|Štoven]] Dialect, influence from literary Greek had taken its course on vowel glyphs. {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|ɛ}} would be remapped onto short ''e'', with ''ē'' becoming represented by {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|e}} taken from Greek [[w:eta|eta]] (η). A similar system came about for the mid-back vowels, using native {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|o}} for ''ō'', due to the perceived similarity of its written form to Greek [[w:omega|omega]] (ω), and Hellenic {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|ɔ}} for ''o''. Other long vowels would become disambiguated using the digraphs {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|ɛi, ow, ai, aw,}} and rarely {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|aa}} for ''ī, ū, ɛ̄, ɔ̄,'' and ''ā'' respectively. A monotonic system would also be adopted, with vowels in stressed syllables gaining an [[w:Acute accent|acute]] (◌́) and vowels in [[w:Vowel hiatus|hiatus]] gaining a [[w:Diaeresis (diacritic)|diaeresis]] (◌̈). {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|θ, ξ, ψ}} (th, ks, ps) would also begin their usage during this period.

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==Grammar==

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 ==Orthography==
+Gothevian is written primarily in the '''Gothevian script'''. It is an [[w:alphabet|alphabet]] and at its core a variant of the Wulfilan [[w:Gothic alphabet|Gothic alphabet]], augmented by letters borrowed from the nearby [[w:Greek alphabet|Greek]] and [[w:Early Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]] scripts. The modern Gothevian spelling convention is based on the reformed Central Gothevian literary norms, and as such the Modern Gothevian Script contains some archaic features, such as the vowel-modifying consonants {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|q, ƕ}} (q, ƕ), and ditched others, such as the obsolete letters {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|θ, ξ, ψ}} ([[w:theta|θ]], [[w:xi|ξ]], [[w:psi|ψ]]).
+The modern Gothevian script contains 31 letters in common use. Most letters are mapped to a single phoneme, with a few others mapped onto more than one phoneme but in regular and predictable contexts.
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+Apart from zéty ({{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|z}}), éty ({{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|e}}), đɛ́ty ({{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|đ}}), ɔ́my ({{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|ɔ}}), and cɛ́ty ({{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|c}}), all Gothevian letters can be directly traced to a Gothic-script source. The source of đɛ́ty and cɛ́ty specifically is a point of contention, as no unambigious source has been identified. The many theories include the following:
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 ===Digraphs and Trigraphs===
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 | {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|pš}} (pš), {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|šp}} (šp), {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|ps}} (ps)
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+===History===
+By the time of the first standardization of the Gothevian script based on the [[w:Stobi|Štoven]] Dialect, influence from literary Greek had taken its course on vowel glyphs. {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|ɛ}} would be remapped onto short ''e'', with ''ē'' becoming represented by {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|e}} taken from Greek [[w:eta|eta]] (η). A similar system came about for the mid-back vowels, using native {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|o}} for ''ō'', due to the perceived similarity of its written form to Greek [[w:omega|omega]] (ω), and Hellenic {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|ɔ}} for ''o''. Other long vowels would become disambiguated using the digraphs {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|ɛi, ow, ai, aw,}} and rarely {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|aa}} for ''ī, ū, ɛ̄, ɔ̄,'' and ''ā'' respectively. A monotonic system would also be adopted, with vowels in stressed syllables gaining an [[w:Acute accent|acute]] (◌́) and vowels in [[w:Vowel hiatus|hiatus]] gaining a [[w:Diaeresis (diacritic)|diaeresis]] (◌̈). {{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|θ, ξ, ψ}} (th, ks, ps) would also begin their usage during this period.
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 ==Grammar==