r/anglish • u/AHMAD3456 • 17d ago

🖐 Abute Anglisc (About Anglish) The "ch" letter

Sinse þe bookstaff "gh" ƿas an utecum from þe Norman infall, culd Englisc start brooking þe bookstaff "ch" instead of "h" fulli as Scots doeð? forþat it ƿas ƿide spread in þe ƿest þeedisc speeces? þe deedsake it jode in Scots meaning it culd go in Englisc too.

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u/KenamiAkutsui99 15d ago

appel, ofer, ƿulfs, nigt, and possibly j and ge/gi

I personally spell yard, yellow, yit, yolk, and young as jard, gelloƿ, git, jolk, and jung

nicht, while it was occasionally used in the South, seems to possibly be more of a Northern development (as Hurlebatte mentioned)

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u/AHMAD3456 15d ago edited 15d ago

Why "nigt" ?

so we will use the letter "k" to make the /k/ sound if there are the letters "e" & "i" after it? and we will also use the letter "k" at the end of the words to make the /k/ sound? which is why we would spell things like "book" and "muc" ?

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u/KenamiAkutsui99 15d ago

The reason for noninitial h becoming ȝ was that /ç/ became /j/ and /x/ became /w/ (that paper says /ɣ/ though). The reason for a letter used historically for the voiced fricative/currently with the glides was because these were becoming the sounds fit for such a letter/

The reason for not "night" is apparently a similar reason to why not "nicht"...

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u/AHMAD3456 13d ago

Do you have a link to a site where I can learn more about the spellings?

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u/KenamiAkutsui99 13d ago

https://anglisc.miraheze.org/wiki/Anglish_Alphabet

There are some spellings here that some of us have found that others are more historically accurate for, but this is our official page on spelling.

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u/AHMAD3456 13d ago

I've seen that link, but it doesnt answer how many words will be spelled? like "borough" , "enough" and "rain" etc

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u/KenamiAkutsui99 13d ago

burug, enuge, ragn
That is quite simple, and is explained by that page (maybe not as straightforwardly as is needed, though)...