Writing for speaking: The N/uu orthography

This chapter describes the "Writing for Speaking" project which aims to establish a shallow orthography that allows students who are non-native speakers of NIuu to read and pronounce new NIuu words, even those they have never heard before.

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Title
Writing for speaking: The N/uu orthography
author
Shah, Sheena
Brenzinger, Matthias
Is Part Of
Creating Orthographies for Endangered Languages by Jones, Mari C. and Mooney, Damien (eds); pp 109 -125
isbn
9781107148352
citation
Shah, Sheena & Matthias Brenzinger (2017). Writing for speaking: The N/uu orthography. In Mari Jones & Damien Mooney (eds.), Creating Orthographies for Endangered Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 109-125. [pdf]
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Resource from Sheenah Shah
Identifier
LIT243
Description
This chapter describes the "Writing for Speaking" project which aims to establish a shallow orthography that allows students who are non-native speakers of NIuu to read and pronounce new NIuu words, even those they have never heard before.
Date Issued
2017
Subject
Khomani language-Orthography and spelling
Khomani language-Alphabet
Khomani language-Writing
Type
Chapter
Language
English
Nǀuu
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Language

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