kendane͡ivash:alphabet

There are 21 “consonants” in Kendane͡ivash and 11 “vowels”; these have separately defined alphabets.

The standard Latin transcription used by the author consists of all standard Latin characters, plus the extra character s̈ and minus c, w and x.

In other words, these Latin letters are used:

a

b

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

s̈

t

u

v

y

z

The consonant alphabet is transcribed as follows:

z

sh

s

r

l

h

b

p

n

m

v

f

th

t

d

j

g

q

k

ks

s̈

f is more often rendered as ph
k may be optionally rendered as c (such as in Valcen's name), usually when the author feels that using k would make the word look too much like someone slipped and fell into German.

The vowel alphabet is transcribed as follows:

o

u

a

i͡u

e͡i

i

i͡y

y

a͡i

u͡i

e