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Reading Lezgi. Step 4.2 The twin signs.

Posted on May 3, 2009 by

Okay, so the time has come to take the last step. Previously we talked a bit about the three ‘modifier’ signs present in Lezgi orthography and we breezed through the digraphs / combinations employing one of them, the ‘I’ sign … Continue reading →

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Reading Lezgi – Step 4.1. Meet the palochka.

Posted on April 20, 2009 by

Now that we’ve covered the whole alphabet let’s turn our attention to digraphs (or two-letter combinations signifying one sound). Lezgi has many of those because it has more sounds than Russian, for which the Russian Cyrillic script was originally designed. Not … Continue reading →

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Reading Lezgi – Step 3.3

Posted on April 11, 2009 by

It’s the time to collect the leftovers – that is the remaining single letters of the Lezgi alphabet. Later we’ll proceed to step 4 – the digraphs. Here’s what’s left in store: Жж Чч Цц Шш Щщ Фф  ъ Фф … Continue reading →

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Reading Lezgi – Step 3.2

Posted on April 11, 2009 by

Slowly but surely moving forward we approach “y and its family”, or the fossils of Russian orthography carried over to Lezgi. Let’s start. Йй is /y/ or the first sound in ‘yet’. Because of the peculiar characteristics of Russian (and … Continue reading →

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How to read Lezgi – Step 3.1

Posted on March 24, 2009 by

After a longish break another six-pack of letters is coming up.  The 0.1 is here because for a while we are going to move forward in shorter installments (less examples, for example). On the other hand – your work gets … Continue reading →

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How to read Lezgi – Step 2

Posted on March 5, 2009 by

Okay, so it’s time for the second installment of the series. The previous one (Cyrillic letters which look and sound roughly the same as Latin ones) was trivial. This time we’ll focus on something more difficult – those Lezgi Cyrillic letters … Continue reading →

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How to read Lezgi – Step 1

Posted on March 4, 2009 by

Let’s just assume that you want to learn Lezgi. One of the obstacles you have to overcome is the script. Lezgi is officially written in Cyrillic letters even though some people on the Internet make do with writing in Latin. … Continue reading →

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