Alternate Letters
Capital script:
Consonants-
Ç/ç- It makes an S sound similar to the German ß
Ş/ş- Pronounced as Sh would be.
Š/š- Very uncommon and is pronounced St or Sk
Ğ-ğ Pronounced like a J. Sometimes pronounces "Gyuh"
Vowles-
İ/ı- Pronounced as "ee"
Ö/ö- Pronounced as "oh"
Ü/ü- Pronounced as "ue"
Ä/ä- Pronounced as "ay"
Ï/ï- Pronounced as "I"
Ȳ/ȳ- Unwritable guttural noise
How different accents work in Kardaka- (sort of)
Two dots make an open vowel (ä)
A hat "hardens" the letter (Then vs Thin ---> Ťȟen vs Thin)
A line means that the letter is silent (Jeux ---> Jeux̄)
A "tail" mostly means you say a letter but you close your teeth while saying it. (Ratio ---> Raţio)
Translating to the capital script:
When translating to capital script, remember first to switch the obvious changes
Example- Îuk ---> Šuk
Then remember that the capital dialect is more phonetic and specific than the rural dialect. So instead of A meaning both ay and ah, the ay would instead be replaced with an Ä.
Example: Şaişöc ---> Şäşöc
Example: İnsyý ---> İnsïȳ
Also remember that the gyuh in Ğ is more common and the St in Š is more common.
The capital dialect is more common in big cities. Although the capital script is considered more "efficient", the truth is that it doesn't change much at all. The Ä and Ï sounds are very uncommon in Kardaka and the Š sound was already dying out in the rural dialect anyway.
Kardaka-Cyrllic Alphabet
Consonants-
Ç/ç- Сс
Ş/ş- Шш
Î/Į, Š/š- Цц
Ğ-ğ- Жж
B- Бб
V- Вв
G- Гг
D- Дд
S- Зз
K- Кк
L- Лл
Mm- Мм
Nn- Нн
P- Пп
R- Рр ,
T- Тт
F- Фф
Şç- Чч
Şşç- Щщ
H- Яя
Vowles-
İ/ı- Ии
Ö/ö- Ѡѡ
Ü/ü- Уу
Ä/ä- Ээ
Ï/ï- Йй
Ȳ/ȳ- Хх
A- Аа
E- Ээ
Ow- Ее
Oy- Ёё
O- Оо
Yu- Ыы
U- Юю
Examples-
Thank you ---> Taşek şa ---> Taшэk шa
You are welcome ---> Şa wılcömeğ ---> Шa вилkѡmэж
Have a good day ---> Hab aȳtağeğ ---> Яaб axтaжэж
See you ---> Şıü şa ---> Шиy шa
How are you ---> Şuçek şa'eğ ---> Шюcэk шaэж
Congratulations ---> Tebrık ---> Tэбриk
Ç- Say "ss" and let out the least amount of air possible.
Ğ- Begin saying "ee" but bring your tongue closer to the roof of your mouth until it vibrates-sort of like a mix between Z and J. In some words, it is pronounced as "gy".
Ş- Pronounced Sh
Î- Pronounced as "sk" or "st" depending on the word.
ı- Pronounced only as "ee"
Ö- Pronounced only as "oh"
Ü- Pronounced only as "ue"
Ȳ- Sort of like the Russian "kh"
Letters that sound different in Kardaka:
Because Kardashtuku never standardized the use of the letters Ï and Ä, they often use Y to show where these sounds might be.
If they need to make a long "A" sound, they would instead write "ay"; if they wanted to make a long "I" sound, they would just replace it with "Y".
The word "like" would be written as lyk and the word lake would be written as layk.
This is why you don't see a lot of normal "Y" sound in Kardaka words.
The letter "C" makes no "ss" sound, it only makes a "k" sound.
Every vowel should be considered closed if it doesn't have a "Y" after it or if it doesn't have the two dots above it.
The letters "x", "z", and "q" are non-existent in Kardaka.
X was removed in 1998
The letter Z sounds exactly the same as the letter J in the Kardaka dialect. It was removed from the language in 2005
Q was a very uncommon letter and was pronounced exactly like a "k" so it was removed in 2013.
The entire official Kardaka alphabet
A B C Ç D E İ F G H I J K L M N O Ö P R S Ş Ğ T U Ü V W Y Ȳ Î
Ah Beh Ceh See Deh Eh Ee Feh Guh Huh Ih Jeh Kah Leh Mah Nah On Own Pah Rah Sah Sha Jyuh Tuh Uh Ue Veh Wuh I Zet Khuh Stuk
31 letters in total.