Zompist Bboard Again

Travis B. wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2026 2:09 pm Wait a second, ⟨ck⟩ after long vowels, not short vowels? Likewise doubling long vowels in open syllables, not closed syllables?

I guess I don't know germanic spelling tendencies too well; I just went with what gave the best germanic-y vibe.

Thanks for the romanizations, everyone! This gives me some options to consider now.

Edit: To distinguish between short and long vowels, I’m torn between the “Dutch” method ('sun, snel, sneller' vs. 'huus, make'), the somewhat redundant but very common method in Low German spellings ('sunn, snell' vs. 'huus'), and a version of R. Herrmann-Winter’s system for the Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialect.

/m n ŋ/ <m n ng>
/p b t d k g/ <p b t d c/k g>
/f s ʃ x h/ <f s/ss sh gh h>
/v z/ <v s/z>
/w r l j/ <w r l j>

/ɪ ʏ ʊ/ <i u ou>
/ɛ œ ɔ ə/ <e/é eu o e/ë> + CC
/a/ <a> + CC
/iː yː uː/ <ee uw oo> / <i u ou>+CV
/eː øː oː/ <ey ew aw> / <e eu o>+CV
/jæː æː ɑː/ <ia ae aa> / <ae a>+CV
/ai œy ɑu/ <y uy ow>

aen twae tree fiar feef sex seyven aght nuwn tyn
Otters counne sweed snel swimme, maar counne hia an land sneller as en mensh lope?
De soun sheent huwd, gister shaen huw neyt.
Da lutte muws sind ounder det bed.
De tiaf staal det brawd, de keys end de ween.
Houk tiaf? Dey of dey?
Det ees is tun.
Det water is diap.
Dit hoos is old, dat hoos is nuw.
Dis gows is weet, duw gows is grae.
Dis appel is gruyn, dey appel is rawd.
Dese buyk sind meen, dae buyk sind deen.
Make wee't noo, owders maak ik hit sounner dee.
Dat haat spaas maakt.
We hewr dee, hewrs do oos?

or (not sure what oCV should be)

/ɪ ʏ ʊ/ <i ü u>
/ɛ œ ɔ ə/ <e ö o e/ë> + CC
/a/ <a> + CC
/iː yː uː/ <y/iCV yw/üCV uw>
/eː øː oː/ <ä/eCV oo ou>
/jæː æː ɑː/ <eu au aa/aCV>
/ai œy ɑu/ <ei öi å>

än twä try feur fyf sex säven aght nywn tein
Otters kunne swyd snel swimme, maar kunne heu an land sneller as en mensch loupe?
De sun schynt hywd, gister schaun hyw nät.
De lütte myws sind under det bed.
De teuf staal det broud, de käs end de wyn.
Huk teuf? Dä of dä?
Det ys is tün.
Det water is deup.