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Ðe Aðeleid Standard - An Overview of Einglish Orthography
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An introduction and overview of the Einglish spelling and pronunciation rules
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Menu 1. Introduction & Brief History 2. The Alphabet | Ðe Staffroef 3. Phonology: Consonants | Sweiloar: Sâmswejends
[edit] [top]Introduction & Brief History

Unlike Modern English, the Einglisç Sprâk (or Einglish, in Modern English) is administered by a government authority known as the Aðelig Einglisç Leidsmoet (Royal Einglish Language Council, often simply called the Leidsmoet or AEL). Ever since its establishment 1798, the AEL has held the sole responsibility of developing and approving the official orthographical standard of Einglish. In that timespan, three major standards have been ratified by the AEL (each being reformed several times): the Kingstandard, first ratified in 1801; Nyweinglisc, first ratified in 1854; and Aðeleid, first ratified in 1926. Today, Aðeleid (with its last major reform in 1948) remains the official standard of the United Kingdom (Ðe Oanleajt Kingdom) and the Commonwealth (Gemeanweälð).

The name Aðeleid is composed of the elements Aðel (noble) and leid (language/dialect/register) and means something like Noble Speech. It is directly derived from the AEL itself. Aðeleid originated as a reform to the earlier Nyweinglisc standard of Gesieð Euverwin Caldwell and still bears many similarities to its predecessor. Caldwell had sought to create a spelling system for Einglish that more reliably reflected both etymology and modern pronunciation than the previous Kingstandard. This included changes that made the language more like Old English (like the use of sc to represent [ʃ]) and some that made it more like other Germanic languages (like the introduction of ä). While receiving enough support to be made official, Nyweinglisc received a lot of criticism since its inception. Much of this criticism came from conflicting viewpoints and Caldwell and his supporters fought tooth and nail to preserve the new standard. As a result, Nyweinglisc remained the standard well after Caldwell's death in 1873.

In the 20th Century, the British education system and the AEL underwent multiple reforms. One result of these reforms was greater public involvement with the AEL and consideration of viewpoints outside of those held by sitting gesieðs. This helped break a few standstills on orthographical conventions and, in 1926, the Aðeleid standard was ratified. This saw the inclusion of letters earlier rejected by Caldwell, such as þ and ç, and a respelling of Latin-derived words to more closely fit their original forms (i.e præterit instead of preterit, Deçember instead of Desember). A second reform followed in 1948, which included the reintroduction of ü as a long form of y. Further reforms since then have mainly focused on the spellings of individual words, either to better reflect their etymology as new developments in Anglo-Saxon studies have occurred or to better reflect modern pronunciation.

In this article, we will be going over the alphabet, spelling conventions, and pronunciation system of the Aðeleid standard. In each section, there will also be drop-down segments to provide additional information on the history of specific letters.

[edit] [top]The Alphabet | Ðe Staffroef

The Einglish alphabet consists of 29 official letters (called staves or boekstaves). They are:



▼ History of Letter Names

▼ A Tale of Two Üpsilons

▼ Eðe & Þorn


Non-Distinct Characters | Non-Asçoaden Boekstaves
Aside from the letters of the alphabet, Einglish uses a few other characters/digraphs that are considered non-distinct.

[edit] [top]Phonology: Consonants | Sweiloar: Sâmswejends

Simple Consonants | Oanfold Sâmswejends
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