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A controversial subject is the question about long and short vowels: | A controversial subject is the question about long and short vowels: | ||
+ | * Remark: The vowel E has three values, i.e. long, short, and schwa. It must be decided whether - and how - the short value and the schwa are to be distinguished. | ||
== Variant 0a: No distinction == | == Variant 0a: No distinction == | ||
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* not common in Germanic languages | * not common in Germanic languages | ||
* not easy to write (especially in case of symbols that already have a diacritic ornament like å and ü (if existent in the alphabet)) | * not easy to write (especially in case of symbols that already have a diacritic ornament like å and ü (if existent in the alphabet)) | ||
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+ | == Hybrid of variants 0b and 1b: Optional indication and no minimal pairs == | ||
+ | * like variant 1b in that an accent is used to denote long vowels (e.g. acute) but the lexicon is designed so there are no (or only a few) minimal pairs for the short-long distinction. | ||
+ | * This means that if you don't put the accents on, there is no (or only a tiny amount of) ambiguity. This is just like variant 0b. If you can't (or are too lazy) to put the accents on, it's okay. Dictionaries would always include the accents. | ||
+ | * advantages and disadvantages associated with 0b and 1b, including reduced ambiguity (adv.) but reduced lexicon size (disadv.) | ||
== Variant 2: Implicitly on consonant doubling/ | == Variant 2: Implicitly on consonant doubling/ |