[Tshwanelex-l] Several writing systems

Maime Boisset maime.boisset at free.fr
Thu Jan 26 02:22:36 EST 2012


Hi,

I am just starting a personal project for a severely endangered language 
spoken in Southern France, Occitan aka Provençal. (www.lengadoc.com).
I am completely new to lexicography and Tshwanalex. So I am sorry if I 
ask hair-raising questions or use inadequate terminology.

One problem with Occitan is that it has several writing systems:
- personal "phonetic" writing systems based on French spelling
- writing system of the Felibrige (Mistral spelling)
- writing system based on the spelling used at the time of the 
troubadours (classical spelling)

The dictionary will use classical spelling, but I’d like to have a 
version of the dictionary with  headwords spelled phonetically according 
to French spelling.

For example, I’d like to have the "normal" version of the dictionary with

*can*//kɑ//

Animal de quatre pautas que manja de carn e viu ambe los òmes. I a de 
cans de caça, de garda, de pastor o de companha. Lo can jaupa.chien

and a another version of the dictionary with

*ca, co, can (("French "phonetic" spelling))
can*//kɑ//

Animal de quatre pautas que manja de carn e viu ambe los òmes. I a de 
cans de caça, de garda, de pastor o de companha. Lo can jaupa.chien

Can you do that with Tshawanalex. If you can, how?


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