Estonian orthography of Votic dictionary

== Estonian orthography for Votic language (1990.) ==

The biggest "Dictionary of Votic language" ever ("Словарь водского языка - Vadja keele sõnaraamat") by Elna Adler  and  Merle Leppik uses Estonian orthography, where "  " is replaced with "õ",  macron  with doubled vowel and "л" with "l" etc.

Yet " k, p, t " never mark geminates  as they do in the middle of Estonian words, but single  fortis   plosives the way they are used in the beginning of Estonian words and in Uralic Phonetic Alphabet.

Differences from the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet

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The transcription used in that dictionary follows phonemic  not  phonetic  principles ignoring contextual allophones  and individual peculiarities of certain speakers, which presumes that it's users know the true standard of this endangered language, which is almost instinct.


 * 1)  Intrusive schwɑ vowels  are ignored. E.g. " õhzɑll " < " e̮hə̑zɑл "
 * 2) Doubled vowel has replaced  macron  and it's equivalents used with a vowel. E.g. " viiteesee " < " vītēsē ", " nɑɑpuri " < " nɑ̂puri ", " sɑɑtii " < " sɑ̠ti̠ "
 * 3) Doubled vowel marks  shortened long vowels  . E.g. " mentii lidnɑɑ õppõõmɑɑ" < " mentì lidnɑ̀ e̮ppè̮mɑ̀ "
 * 4) Single vowel marks any sporadic  prolonged short vowel  . E.g. " tuli tševä ᴅ " < " tùli tšèvä ᴅ "
 * 5) Single vowel marks any sporadic  shortened short vowel  . E.g. " konnɑ " < " konnɑ̆ "
 * 6)  Grave accent  is the only  diacritic  mark, which has been preserved on any (actually the first) component of a  diphthong  only to emphasize this characteristic  prolongɑtion  of Pontizõõ dialect . E.g. " tǜö "
 * 7) Doubled consonant has replaced  macron  and it's equivalents used with a consonant . E.g. " lämmittämin " < " läm̄it̄ämin ", " pɑĺĺo " < " pɑl̄́o ", " äd́d́ä " < " äd̠́ä "
 * 8) Doubled consonant marks  shortened long consonants  . E.g. " meress " < " meres̀ "
 * 9) Single consonant marks any sporadic  prolonged short consonant  . E.g. " ɑrotɑG " < " ɑrot̀ɑG "
 * 10) Single consonant marks also a  shortened short consonant  . E.g. " tšäje ᴅ " < " tšäʲe ᴅ "
 * 11)  Breve  is the only  diacritic  mark, which has been preserved on any (actually the first) component of a  geminɑte  only to emphasize this characteristic  shortening  of  Eastern Votic,  Mati  and Kõrvõttula dialect  . E.g. " ɑkkunɑl̆lɑɑ "
 * 12) · marks a  stressed  vowel only
 * 13) if the primary stress is not on the first syllable . E.g. " ɑtpe·ettõi ", " ɑlɑzo·rkoo "
 * 14) if the secondary stress in this sentence is equal to the primary stress . E.g. " lɑ·ihukkõ·in "

Following punctuation  is ignored:
 * 1)     ̮    marking a  sandhi  . E.g. " mehet saivad viinaa " < " mehet  ̮ saivad  ̮ vinà ".
 * 2)  '  marking an  omitted  phoneme (usually in the end of a word    ) . E.g. " saunass " < " saunass' ", " b õllu ani annõttava " < " 'B õllu ani annõttava ".


 * 1) tš has replaced č and t́š́ . E.g. " tšivi " < " čivi ", " tšiin " < " t́š́īn ".
 * 2) l (which should precede only a front wovel) has replaced л everywhere . E.g. " lɑulu " < " лɑuлu ".
 * 3) h has replaced ʜ . E.g. " pihɑ " < " piʜɑ ".
 * 4) Ordinary lower case letters mark any turned letters for a  reduced vowel  . E.g. " pɑikkɑ " < " pɑikkɒ ".
 * 5) Ordinary lower case letters  mark any  voiceless vowel  . E.g. " siällä " < " siällÄ ".
 * 6) Upper case letters have been preserved only to emphasize characteristic voiceless vowels of  Kukkuzi dialect . E.g. " siällÄ ".
 * 7) j has replaced i̭ starting a syllable . E.g. " ɑhjo " < " ɑhi̭o ".
 * 8) õ has replaced   ,    and   . E.g. " toovvõ " < " tovvə̂ ", " õnnõvɑ " < " e̮nne̮vɑ ", " jõkɑ " < " j  kɑ ".
 * 9) y has replaced    and   . E.g. " gryba " < " gr  ba ", " õnnõvɑd by " < " e̮nne̮vɑd   ̮ b  ".
 * 10) yõ has replaced     and   . E.g. " sit  " < " sityõ ", " vyõrɑZ " < " vė̮e̮rɑZ ".
 * 11) ü has replaced    etc. E.g. " täün " < " tä  n ".
 * 12) k has replaced    . E.g. " propk " < " prop  ".
 * 13) o has replaced    etc. E.g. " pɑĺĺo " < " pɑl̨ĺ   ", " jɑrvi " < " j  rvi  ".
 * 14) k has replaced    . E.g. " mikä " < " mi  ä ".
 * 15) ĺ has replaced    etc. E.g. " pääĺie " < " pǟl̨ėe ".
 * 16) u has replaced    etc. E.g. " nɑizikkuɑ " < " nɑizikk  ɑ ".
 * 17) χ has replaced    . E.g. " χott " < "  ott ".
 * 18) n has replaced    . E.g. " hään " < " hǟ  "  Kukkuzi dialect.
 * 19) n has replaced    . E.g. " penzii " < " pe  zi ".
 * 20) u has replaced    etc. E.g. " ɑr̆ruɑ " < " ɑr̆r  ɑ ".
 * 21) uo has replaced    etc. E.g. " ɑruo " < " ɑr  ".
 * 22) oɑ has replaced    etc. E.g. " ɑr̆roɑ " < " ɑr̆r  ".
 * 23) ɑ has replaced    . E.g. " t́ɑ̇t́ɑ̇ " < " t́ɑ̇t́ɑ̇ ".
 * 24) ie has replaced    . E.g. " senie " < " senėe ".
 * 25) ɑu has replaced    etc. E.g. " liukuɑ " < " liṷkuɑ̭ ".