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The Slovene alphabet (Slovene: slovenska abeceda, pronounced [slɔˈʋèːnska abɛˈtséːda] or slovenska gajica [-ˈɡáːjitsa]) is an extension of the Latin script used to write Slovene.
Dajnko introduced his alphabet in 1824 in his book Lehrbuch der windischen Sprache (Slovene Textbook). [1] He decided to replace the older Bohorič alphabet with his own new writing system because of the problems with the writing of sibilants. [2] In 1825, Franc Serafin Metelko came up with a similar proposal, complicating the issue.
Slovenian has eight vowels, but the Bohorič alphabet only has five vowel characters (this flaw is shared by modern Slovenian orthography). The combination "sh" could be read as two separate letters or as a digraph (although this is relevant for only a handful of words, such as shujšati 'to lose weight').
The Metelko alphabet (Slovene: metelčica) was a Slovene writing system developed by Franc Serafin Metelko. It was used by a small group of authors from 1825 to 1833 but it was never generally accepted. Example of the Metelko alphabet: Valentin Stanič's adaptation of the poem "Der Kaiser und der Abt" by Gottfried August Bürger
Example of Metelko's proposed script: Valentin Stanič's adaptation of the poem "Der Kaiser und der Abt" by Gottfried August Bürger Franc Serafin Metelko, also known as Fran Metelko (14 July 1789 – 27 December 1860) was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, author, and philologist, best known for his proposal of a new script for the Slovene called the Metelko alphabet, which was meant to replace ...
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Abecedarium (Abecedary)—along with Catechismus ()—is the first printed book in Slovene. [1] It is an eight-leaf booklet for helping people learn the alphabet.The protestant reformer Primož Trubar had it printed in 1550 in the schwabacher (Gothic script), and reprinted with some corrections in the Latin script in 1555 and 1566.
Slavic alphabet may refer to any of the following scripts designed specifically for writing Slavic languages (note: a number of Slavic languages, including all West Slavic and some South Slavic, are written in the Latin script): Glagolitic script; Cyrillic script (also used for non-Slavic languages) Early Cyrillic alphabet; Belarusian alphabet