User talk:Γαλαδριήλ

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--Lo Ximiendo (talk) 20:33, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Grave character in Coptic
What is the character ˋ meant to signify in Coptic words? —CodeCat 22:10, 21 October 2014 (UTC)


 * It's called djinkim and in Bohairic it signifies that the following consonant is syllabic; for example 'mmon is pronounced əm-mon. In Sahidic it's a line above the consonant. In Bohairic it can also be fully written as an e as seen in ϣⲙ̅ϣⲉ vs. ϣⲉⲙϣⲓ.
 * When it is before vowels, I think in theory it represents a glottal stop. Γαλαδριήλ (talk) 22:58, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
 * How should it be transliterated? —CodeCat 23:01, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia uses "ə" in the first case. I have no idea in the case of vowels, but in spoken Coptic I think it's either ignored or pronounced as a glottal stop. We must research some more. Γαλαδριήλ (talk) 07:35, 22 October 2014 (UTC)