Greek Writing
The
Greek language is written by using the Greek alphabet as script.
Greek Alphabet :
It
has 24 letters, all letters have a capital and a small writing form,
the Sigma letter has also a 3rd writing form for called
“ending Sigma” and it is only used when the word ends with the
sigma letter. The Greek alphabet has been use since the 8th century
b.c. and is based on old Phoenician alphabet which is based on
Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Phoenician alphabet :
Prior to the Greek alphabet the Greek language was written
in Linear B but this method of writing was lost after the destruction of the Mycenaean civilization.
Sample Linear B Writing:
The pronunciation of the Greek letters has changed a lot
over the years, during the Byzantine era the introduction of multiple
Diacritics ( sign which when written above or below a letter indicates a difference in pronunciation) was made to Greek writing for poly tonic spelling that helped
the pronunciation of words. This lasted
until 1982 when monotonic orthography was adopted.
Poly-tonic and Monotonic Writing :
Poly-tonic and Monotonic Writing :
The number of Diacritics was
reduced to two, one to mark the stressed syllable in polysyllabic words and one
to indicate that the vowel is not part of the digraph . A digraph is a pair of letters used write a sound or a
combination of sounds that doesn't correspond to letters in sequence for
example “NT” is pronounced “D”.
Kannada Writing
Kannada language spoken in south of India .Across the world around 44 million speak Kannada language. It is predominantly spoken in state of Karnataka in India .Kannada language is know to
exists much before 3 BC.
Kannada is written using Kannada script. It has 49 letters and is composed of 14 vowels and 25 consonants.There are no upper case and
lowercase letters rather vowels has short and long pronunciation version of letter.
Vowels:
Vowels:
| ಅ | ಆ |
ಇ |
ಈ | ಉ |
ಊ |
ಋ |
ೠ |
ಎ |
ಏ |
ಐ | ಒ |
ಓ |
ಔ |
ಅಂ |
ಅಃ |
| a | ā | i | ī | Ou | oū | ru | rū | ye | Yē | ai | o | ō | au | aom | ahā |
Consonants:
ಕ (ka)
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ಖ (kha)
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ಗ (ga)
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ಘ (gha)
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ಙ (nga)
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ಚ (cha)
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ಛ (chha)
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ಜ (ja)
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ಝ (jha)
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ಞ (ña)
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ಟ (ṭa)
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ಠ (ṭha)
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ಡ (ḍa)
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ಢ (ḍha)
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ಣ (ṇa)
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ತ(ta)
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ಥ (ṭha)
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ದ (ḍa)
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ಧ (dha)
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ನ (na)
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ಪ(pa)
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ಫ (pha)
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ಬ (pha)
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ಭ (bha)
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ಮ (ma)
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ಯ(ya)
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ರ (ra)
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ಲ (la)
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ವ (va)
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ಶ (śa)
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ಷ(sa)
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ಸ(sa)
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ಹ(ha)
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ಳ(la)
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Diacritics can appear above, below,
before or after the consonants.alphabets which has combination of vowels and consonants are written with extra strokes above or next to or top or below the letters.
Below is the sample writing of Kannada with few diacritics where my friend Emilio from Spain writing "Hello, I am Emilio" :)
Bindya
Below is the sample writing of Kannada with few diacritics where my friend Emilio from Spain writing "Hello, I am Emilio" :)
Bindya
