Peurunvan orthography
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Peurunvan orthography is a standardized modern writing system for the Breton language designed to unify its various dialectal spellings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peurunvan orthography canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Breton orthography
ⓘ
orthography ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | peurunvan ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Breton
ⓘ
surface form:
Breton language
|
| comparedWith |
ETREBROADEL orthography
ⓘ
KLT orthography ⓘ Skolveurieg orthography ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| etymology | Breton word "peurunvan" meaning "fully unified" or "completely unified" ⓘ |
| feature |
compromise between Breton dialects
ⓘ
distinguishes broad and slender consonants mainly by following vowels ⓘ largely phonemic spelling ⓘ marks nasalization with ñ ⓘ uses zh to represent a compromise sound between /z/ and /h/ in dialects ⓘ |
| language | Breton ⓘ |
| purpose |
standardize modern written Breton
ⓘ
unify Breton dialectal spellings ⓘ |
| region | Brittany ⓘ |
| script | Latin script ⓘ |
| standardizationTarget |
Gwened dialect
ⓘ
Kernev dialect ⓘ Leon dialect ⓘ Treger dialect ⓘ |
| status | major standard for written Breton ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Breton language activists
ⓘ
many contemporary Breton writers ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Breton-language education
ⓘ
Breton-language publishing ⓘ |
| usesAlphabet | Breton alphabet ⓘ |
| usesDiacritics |
â
ⓘ
ê ⓘ î ⓘ ñ ⓘ ô ⓘ û ⓘ |
| usesDigraph |
ch
ⓘ
c’h ⓘ zh ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.