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  2. Icelandic orthography - Wikipedia

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    Icelandic orthography uses a Latin-script alphabet which has 32 letters. Compared with the 26 letters of English, the Icelandic alphabet lacks C, Q, W and Z, but additionally has Ð, Þ, Æ and Ö. Six letters have forms with acute accents to produce Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú and Ý.

  3. Thorn (letter) - Wikipedia

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    For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ] , / / and , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters . Thorn or þorn ( Þ , þ ) is a letter in the Old English , Old Norse , Old Swedish and modern Icelandic alphabets, as well as modern transliterations of the Gothic alphabet, Middle Scots , and ...

  4. Eth - Wikipedia

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    A sample of Icelandic handwriting with some instances of lowercase ð clearly visible: in the words Borðum, við and niður. Also visible is a thorn in the word því . In Icelandic, ð , called "eð", represents an alveolar non-sibilant fricative, voiced [ ð̠ ] intervocalically and word-finally, and voiceless [ θ̠ ] otherwise, which form ...

  5. Icelandic language - Wikipedia

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    The Icelandic alphabet is notable for its retention of three old letters that no longer exist in the English alphabet: Þ, þ (þorn, modern English "thorn"), Ð, ð (eð, anglicised as "eth" or "edh") and Æ, æ (æsc, anglicised as "ash" or "asc"), with þ and ð representing the voiceless and voiced "th" sounds (as in English thin and this ...

  6. Help:IPA/Icelandic - Wikipedia

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    The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Icelandic language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

  7. Old Norse orthography - Wikipedia

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    The orthography of the Old Norse language was diverse, being written in both Runic and Latin alphabets, with many spelling conventions, variant letterforms, and unique letters and signs. In modern times, scholars established a standardized spelling for the language.

  8. Cipher runes - Wikipedia

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    In the runic alphabet, the runes have their special order and are divided into groups. In the Younger Futhark, which has 16 letters, they are divided into three groups.. The Icelandic tradition calls the first group (f, u, þ, ã, r and k) "Freyr's ætt", the second group (h, n, i, a and s) "Hagal's ætt" and the third group (t, b, m, l and ʀ) "Tyr's æ

  9. Icelandic keyboard layout - Wikipedia

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    The Icelandic keyboard layout is a national functional keyboard layout described in ÍST 125, [1] used to write the Icelandic language on computers and typewriters. It is QWERTY-based and features some influences from the continental Nordic layouts. It supports the language's many special letters, some of which it shares with the other Nordic ...