On 14 December 2005 17:45, Tomislav Randjic wrote: > I have to admit that I'm not sure what 'alphabet numbering' _exactly_ > means as I am very new to this i18n/l10n stuff, but being rare Serbian > here I thought this info will help. Our alphabet: > > А Б В Г Д Ђ Е Ж З И Ј К Л Љ М Н Њ О П Р С Т Ћ У Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш > > > Yeah, give it a try, please. E.g., all equivalent East Slavonic systems > > forbid "HARD SIGN" (Ъ) in numbering. > > I believe we don't have them neither, but to be sure - please - > somebody explain me in short what a hard sign is (Ю, Я, Й and Ь we > don't use at all).. > > hope this helps, I know it looks like I came from Mars :)
Without going into technicalities, in Eastern Slavonics hard and soft signs (and in Belarusian there's no hard sign but apostrophe instead) mark the palatalization of sounds. Hard with hard sign, soft with soft sign. :) Not the case with Bulgarian, I believe. To have a rough idea what hardsign/apostrophe "sounds" like here, try to say "money", but before pronouncing "-n-" try to quickly press tip of your tongue to the palate just near the back of the upper row of teeth, then releasing it quickly just before pronouncing "-ey". Obviously, such signs aren't used in numbering (itemization) here. So, if Bulgarian folks would manage to generalize their modification, that'd be good. -cheers --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
