Albanian
Albanian Alphabets: Latin, Elbasan, Todhri, Vithkuqi
labial | dental/ alveolar |
alveolar sibilant |
post- alveolar sibilant |
palatal | velar | glottal | ||
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nasal | /m/ ⟨m⟩ | /n/ ⟨n⟩ | /ɲ/ ⟨nj⟩ | |||||
plosive | voiceless | /p/ ⟨p⟩ | /t/ ⟨t⟩ | /ts/ ⟨c⟩ | /tʃ/ ⟨ç⟩ | /c/ ⟨q⟩ | /k/ ⟨k⟩ | |
voiced | /b/ ⟨b⟩ | /d/ ⟨d⟩ | /dz/ ⟨x⟩ | /dʒ/ ⟨xh⟩ | /ɟ/ ⟨gj⟩ | /g/ ⟨g⟩ | ||
fricative | voiceless | /f/ ⟨f⟩ | /θ/ ⟨th⟩ | /s/ ⟨s⟩ | /ʃ/ ⟨sh⟩ | |||
voiced | /v/ ⟨v⟩ | /ð/ ⟨dh⟩ | /z/ ⟨z⟩ | /ʒ/ ⟨zh⟩ | ||||
approximant | /l/ ⟨l⟩ | /j/ ⟨j⟩ | /ɫ/ ⟨ll⟩ | /h/ ⟨h⟩ | ||||
tap | /ɾ/ ⟨r⟩ | |||||||
trill | /r/ ⟨rr⟩ |
front/back | |||
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high | /i/ ⟨i⟩ | /y/ ⟨y⟩ | /u/ ⟨u⟩ |
mid | /e/ ⟨e⟩ | /ə/ ⟨ë⟩ | /o/ ⟨o⟩ |
low | /a/ ⟨a⟩ |
IPA | Latin | Elbasan | Todhri | Vithkuqi |
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/a/ | a | 𐔀 | | 𐖗 |
/as/ | (as) | | ||
/b/ | (b) | 𐖘 | ||
/b/ | b | 𐔁 | | 𐖙 |
/ᵐb/ | (mb) | | ||
/ts/ | c | 𐔂 | | 𐖚 |
/tʃ/ | ç | 𐔃 | | 𐖛 |
/d/ | d | 𐔄 | | 𐖜 |
/ⁿd/ | (nd) | 𐔅 | | |
/ð/ | dh | 𐔆 | | 𐖝 |
/e/ | e | 𐔇 | | 𐖞 |
/ə/ | ë | 𐔈 | | 𐖟 |
/f/ | f | 𐔉 | | 𐖠 |
/g/ | g | 𐔊 | | 𐖡 |
/ⁿg/ | (ng) | | ||
/ɟ/ | gj | 𐔋 | | (𐖡𐖦) |
/ⁿɟ/ | (ngj) | | ||
/ɣ/ | (gh) | 𐔥 | | |
/ɣ/ | (gh) | 𐔦 | ||
/h/ | h | 𐔌 | | 𐖣 |
/ç/ | (hj) | | ||
/h/ | (h) | 𐖤 | ||
/i/ | i | 𐔍 | | 𐖥 |
/i̯/ | (i) | 𐖦 | ||
/j/ | j | 𐔎 | | 𐖧 |
/k/ | k | 𐔏 | | 𐖨 |
/x/ | (kh) | 𐔧 | | |
/l/ | l | 𐔐 | | 𐖩 |
/ɫ/ | ll | 𐔑 | | 𐖪 |
/m/ | m | 𐔒 | | 𐖫 |
/n/ | n | 𐔓 | | 𐖬 |
/ⁿ/ | (n) | 𐔔 | ||
/ɲ/ | nj | 𐔕 | | 𐖭 |
/o/ | o | 𐔖 | | 𐖮 |
/oː/ | (o) | | ||
/p/ | p | 𐔗 | | 𐖯 |
/ps/ | (ps) | | ||
/c/ | q | 𐔘 | | 𐖰 |
/ɾ/ | r | 𐔙 | | 𐖱 |
/r/ | rr | 𐔚 | | |
/s/ | s | 𐔛 | | 𐖳 |
/sk/ | (sk) | | ||
/st/ | (st) | | ||
/ʃ/ | sh | 𐔜 | | 𐖴 |
/ʃt/ | (sht) | | ||
/t/ | t | 𐔝 | | 𐖵 |
/θ/ | th | 𐔞 | | 𐖶 |
/u/ | u | 𐔟 | | 𐖷 |
/v/ | v | 𐔠 | | 𐖸 |
/dz/ | x | 𐔡 | | 𐖹 |
/ⁿdz/ | (nx) | | ||
/dʒ/ | xh | (𐔃) | | (𐖛) |
/ⁿdʒ/ | (nxh) | | ||
/y/ | y | 𐔢 | | 𐖻 |
/jy/ | (jy) | | ||
/z/ | z | 𐔣 | | 𐖼 |
/ʒ/ | zh | 𐔤 | | (𐖴𐖼) |
References
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Unicode Character Code Charts. unicode.org.
- “Elbasan.” unicode.org.
- “Vithkuqi.” unicode.org.
- “Todhri.” unicode.org.
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WG2 Document Registry, Unicode® Technical Committee Document Registry, unicode.org, unicode.org.
- Deborah Anderson, Jason Glavy. Old Albanian Scripts. 2009-09-30, L2/09-328, unicode.org.
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Michael Everson, Robert Elsie. Proposal for encoding the Elbasan script in the SMP of the UCS.
- 2010-06-23, N3856, L2/10-216, unicode.org, unicode.org.
- 2011-02-03, N3985, L2/11-050, unicode.org, unicode.org.
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Michael Everson. Proposal for encoding the Vithkuqi script in the SMP of the UCS.
- 2017-09-08, N4854, L2/17-316, unicode.org, unicode.org.
- 2020-07-08, N5138, L2/20-187, unicode.org, unicode.org.
- 2020-10-01, N5138R, L2/20-187R, unicode.org.
- 2020-12-07, N5138R2, L2/20-187R2, unicode.org, unicode.org.
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Michael Everson. Proposal for encoding the Todhri script in the SMP of the UCS.
- 2020-07-10, N5139, L2/20-188, unicode.org, unicode.org.
- 2020-10-01, N5139R, L2/20-188R, unicode.org.
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The Unicode® Standard: Version 16.0 – Core Specification. 2024-09-10, unicode.org.
- “Elbasan.” unicode.org.
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ScriptSource, SIL International, scriptsource.org.
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Noto Fonts, Google, github.com.
- Noto Elbasan. github.com.
- Noto Todhri. github.com.
- Noto Vithkuqi. github.com.