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Koo, Jang H. – 1975
This paper challenges from a practical point of view the idea that the phonemic principle is the most adequate or the optimal theoretical basis for devising a romanized alphabet for a language. In the past, romanization of languages, written or unwritten, have largely been based on the phonemic principle and have unnecessarily burdened the learner…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Korean, Language Research, Native Speakers
Fonseca, Augusto – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1991
To eliminate confusion caused by diverse spellings in Italian texts of words from languages using the Cyrillic alphabet, the adoption of a common system is urged that would establish correspondence between the letters and sounds of the two languages but keep the form of the original as much as possible. (CFM)
Descriptors: Cyrillic Alphabet, Italian, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Romanization
Burnaby, Barbara J.; Anthony, Robert J. – 1979
This study examined the psycholinguistic implications of using either of two different types of orthography--syllabic and roman--in Native language programs for Cree children with regard to readability, learnability, and the transfer of reading skills to and from reading in an official language (English or French). This study can also be applied…
Descriptors: Alphabets, American Indian Languages, Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education
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Katz, Amnon – Applied Linguistics, 1988
EKTB, a new transliteration scheme for Hebrew based on the historical development of the alphabet, treats Latin characters as graphic variants of Hebrew letters and permits Hebrew to be used with standard equipment while maintaining its traditional writing methodology. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Diachronic Linguistics, Etymology, Hebrew
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DeFrancis, John – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1990
Reviews the history and development of the Pinyin grapheme system for the transcription of Chinese, and contrasts Pinyin graphemes with those of several other systems for Chinese. It is argued that Pinyin should be accepted as the standard system for Chinese transcription. (JL)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Chinese, Language Planning, Language Standardization
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1978
The purpose of this guide is to provide Americans working with the Hmongs with: (1) some practical information on the Hmongs, their origins and language; (2) a detailed description of the sounds of the Hmong language; and (3) a discussion on Hmong as an unwritten language. This is the first of three guides to be published on the Hmongs, a people…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Asian Americans, Asian Studies, Consonants