Dajnko alphabet
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TheDajnko alphabet(Slovene:dajnčica) was a Slovenealphabetinvented byPeter Dajnko.It was used from 1824 to 1839 mostly inStyria(in what is now easternSlovenia).
History
[edit]Dajnko introduced his alphabet in 1824 in his bookLehrbuch der windischen Sprache(Slovene Textbook).[1]He decided to replace the olderBohorič alphabetwith his own new writing system because of the problems with the writing ofsibilants.[2]In 1825,Franc Serafin Metelkocame up with a similar proposal, complicating the issue. The Dajnko alphabet, which was introduced to schools in 1831, was fiercely opposed byAnton MurkoandAnton Martin Slomšek.[3]After 1834 it gradually came out of use with the adoption of a slightly modified version ofGaj's Latin alphabetas the new Slovene script and was in 1839 officially abolished.[4]
Letters
[edit]He represented the phonemes/ts/,/s/,/z/with the letters C, S, Z (as in the modernSlovene alphabet) and the phonemes/tʃ/,/ʃ/,/ʒ/with special characters (see table below). In addition, he invented two extra symbols, which were omitted after 1829 (see table below):
| Upper case | Lower case | IPA | Modern Slovene |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | c | /t͡s/ | c |
| Ч | ɥ | /t͡ʃ/ | č |
| S | s | /s/ | s |
| Ȣ | ȣ | /ʃ/ | š |
| Z | z | /z/ | z |
| X | x | /ʒ/ | ž |
| Ŋ | ŋ | /n̪ʲ/ | nj |
| Y | y | /y/ | ü(in eastern dialects only) |
Dajnko's alphabetical order was as follows:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N Ŋ O P R S Ȣ Z X T U Y V Ч
TheIETF language tagshave assigned the variantsl-dajnkoto Slovene in the Dajnko alphabet.[5]
References
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- ^"Dajnkova slovnica"[The Grammar of Dajnko].Kamra(in Slovenian). 8 October 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 2 December 2013.Retrieved11 September2013.
- ^Prilasnig, Fabian (2011)."Dajnčica".Die Entwicklung des slawischen Schrifttums[The Development of the Slavic Literatures] (in German). GRIN Verlag. p. 17.ISBN9783656051015.
- ^Mugerli, Anja. "Dajnčica". In Ahačič, Kozma (ed.).Slovenski črkopisi[Slovene Alphabets](PDF)(in Slovenian). pp. 26–28.
- ^Prilasnig, Fabian (2011)."Dajnčica".Die Entwicklung des slawischen Schrifttums(in German). GRIN Verlag. p. 17.ISBN9783656051015.
- ^"IETF language subtag registry".IANA. 2021-08-06.Retrieved10 September2021.
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