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by **Omer Seyhan** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:49 am

I propose a common alphabet for both Cypriot-Greek and Cypriot-Turkish which we can call the Cypriot alphabet . Even one is Altaic and the other Indo-European, I think unity can be promoted with language too. Many Cypriots share hundreds if not thousands of common words and have very similar pronunciation.

A a - as in Udder
Æ æ - as in All / At
B b - as in Bottle
D d - as in Delta
Ð ð - as in Thessaloniki
E e - as in End
Ĕ ĕ - as in Seed
F f - as in Fiddle
G g - as in Gas
H h - as in Hector
Ḧ ḧ - Kh as in Khorio (village in Greek)
I i - as in Ill
Ĭ ĭ - the close back unrounded vowel sound (/ɯ/) like the Turkish undotted
J j- as in Jam
K k - as in Kite
L l - as in Lemon
M m - as in March
N n - as in November
Ň ň - as in "Ng" - N'apang?
O o - as in October
Ø ø - as in O umlaut
P p- as in Park
Ṕ ṕ - "Ps" Psi
R r - as in Real
Ȑ ȑ - rolled R
S s - as in Star
Š š - as in Sharp
T t - as in Titan
U u - as in Bunac
Ü ü - U umlaut in initial position only
V v - as in Vimto
W w - as in Water
Ẅ ẅ - as in g-breve in English
X x - as in Greek "Ks"
Ẍ ẍ - as in Church
Ẋ ẋ - as in "Ts"
Y y - as in Yacht
Ÿ ÿ - as in U umlaut (middle or back, but not initial position)
Ž ž as in it is pronounced /d͡ʒ/ as in the French "Jambon"
Z z - as in Absorb

by **Omer Seyhan** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:52 am

Let's try to use this new alphabet...

Üzüm üzüme bakarag gararır

will become

Üzÿm üzÿme bakarag gararĭr

by **Omer Seyhan** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:00 am

Some more examples:

1. Ujuz etin yahnisi datsĭz olur
2. Økÿz øldÿ, ortalĭg bozuldu
3. Øyle baš øyle turaš
4. Misafir umduẅunu deẅil, bulduẅunu yer
5. Bøyÿg gemi bøyÿg fĭrtuna

Can somebody do the same with Cypriot Greek expressions...

by **T_C** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:08 am

Gøtüňüň delii....

by **denizaksulu** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:25 am

T_C wrote:Gøtüňüň delii....

by **Nikitas** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 10:11 am

Deli is not the shop you buy victuals is it? Deligeorgis is crazy George, ergo someone here is telling someone else here they are nuts. Or am I wrong?

by **denizaksulu** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 10:20 am

Nikitas wrote:Deli is not the shop you buy victuals is it? Deligeorgis is crazy George, ergo someone here is telling someone else here they are nuts. Or am I wrong?

delik = hole

deliği/delii = ıts hole

göt = arse.bottom

and we have (all of us) = arse-hole(-s) :oops: