Alternative Insubric orthographies
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This is a prospect of Insubric language orthographies others than the classical Milanese one
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and suburbs, used by the academy Famiglia Comasca.
Overriding differences in pronunciation and grammar, the orthography differences with the classical Milanese orthography
are:
and suburbs is:
(overriding differences in pronunciation and grammar)
Classical Milanese orthography
The classical Milanese orthography is the orthography used for the Western Lombard language, in particular for the Milanese dialect, by the major poets and writers of this literature, such as Carlo Porta, Carlo Maria Maggi, Delio Tessa etc....
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Comasca
Alternative orthography of the city of ComoComo
Como is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....
and suburbs, used by the academy Famiglia Comasca.
Overriding differences in pronunciation and grammar, the orthography differences with the classical Milanese orthography
Classical Milanese orthography
The classical Milanese orthography is the orthography used for the Western Lombard language, in particular for the Milanese dialect, by the major poets and writers of this literature, such as Carlo Porta, Carlo Maria Maggi, Delio Tessa etc....
are:
- sound /y/ is written ü, not u
- sound /u/ is written u, not o
- sound /œ/ is written ö, not oeu
- long vowels are always written as double
- there is a different use of accents (but not circumflex one)
- zz is often used
- article i ("the", plural) is written j when followed by vowel
Lecchese
The most used alternative orthography in LeccoLecco
Lecco is a town of c. 47,760 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan, the capital of the province of Lecco. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como...
and suburbs is:
(overriding differences in pronunciation and grammar)
- sound /y/ is written ü, not u
- sound /u/ is written u, not o
- sound /œ/ is written ö, not oeu
- long vowels are written with the circumflex accent
- the other accents, on tonic syllables, are always used
- final voiced consonants are written as voiceless (like they actually are in pronunciation), except ambiguities