Utenti:Michiluzzu Scalisi/English/Digraphs
Digraphs
[cancia | cancia la surgenti]The digraph (Greek δισ e γραφος, two written things) in the Unified Sicilian Language is a phoneme written with two characters, or a series of phonemes that doesn't correspond to the normal values of the two combined characters. The sound is often, but not always, one that cannot be written with only one letter. Usually the term "digraph" is reserved for graphemes, whose pronunciations are always or almost always the same.
The digraphs, described in the page above, are ch before e, i; ci before a, o, u; dd; gh before e, i; gn; ng; rr; and sc before e, i.
| Digraph | Pronunciation | Example | Pronunciation | Significato italiano | Meaning in English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ch | /k/ | ||||
| + e | Micheli | /mɪ'kɛlɪ/ | Michele | Michael | |
| + i | chi | /'ki/ | che | what | |
| ci | /ʃ/ | ||||
| + a | paciapaciá | /pɐʃɐpɐ'ʃa/ | chiacchierone | chatty Cathy | |
| + o | paciornia | /pɐ'ʃɔɾnjɐ/ | quiete, tranquillo | calm, tranquil | |
| + u | paciusu | /pɐ'ʃusʊ/ | pacifico, placido | peaceful, placid | |
| dd | /ɖ/ | beddu | /'bɛɖɖʊ/ | bello | beautiful, nice (looking) |
| gh | /ɣ/ | ||||
| + e | sgherru | /'ʃɣɛʐʐʊ/ | bizzarro | bizarre | |
| + i | figghi | /'fiɣɣɪ/ | figli | sons, children | |
| gn | /ɲ/ | sugnu | /'suɲɲʊ/ | (io) sono | I am |
| ng | /ŋ/ | sangu | /'saŋ ŋʊ/ | sangue | blood |
| rr | /ʐ/ | parrari | /pɐʐ'ʐaɾɪ/ | parlare | to speak |
| sc | /ʃ/ | ||||
| + e | scerra | /'ʃɛʐʐɐ/ | lite | quarrel, fight | |
| + i | pisci | /'piʃɪ/ | pesce | fish |