C'Lela Orthography Version 5 and 2011 Update
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1996 to 2011
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The Committee for the Standardization of C'Lela Orthography gave the initial impetus to this work at a conference held in December 1994. They and other participants in the conference presented papers that are summarized in the introduction of the work.
This work is identified on page 8, after an introduction to its history, as "Orthography Proposal (A Guide for Writers of C'Lela) - Draft 5"
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Draft (posted 'as is' without peer review)
Table of Contents:
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 3
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 3
INTRODUCTION 4
IV ORTHOGRAPHY PROPOSAL (A GUIDE FOR WRITERS OF C'LELA) – DRAFT 5 8
Alphabet 8
Writing of Long Vowels 10
Tone Marking 13
Affixation 14
Spelling of Individual Words 16
Clusters, Glides and Diphthongs 16
Pronouns 17
Vowel Loss and Retention 18
Vowel Insertion 19
Compound Words and Word Division in Phrases 21
Compound Words 21
Nouns qualified by Other Nouns 21
The Use of n as a Link between Nouns 22
Prepositional Phrases involving 'in' 23
Nouns qualified by Adjectives 24
Nouns qualified by Possessive Pronouns 25
Nouns with Definite Article 25
Nouns qualified by Demonstratives 26
Nouns with Numbers 26
The Case of Double Qualifiers 27
Standard Dialect 27
Lexicography 29
Language Development 29
Inquiries and Queries 30
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Nigeria
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58334