[85616] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Dictionary Formats
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doq)
Fri May 29 20:58:44 2009
From: Doq <doq@embarqmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <993953.2594.qm@web24004.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 20:57:18 -0400
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Oh, and I create a sorting field that works like this:
mu' is represented as {muz}, since the apostrophe comes last in the
Klingon alphabet.
tlhIngan is represented as {t2in2an1}, because to sort well, the
alphabet in Klingon is:
a
b
c (represents ch)
d
e
g (represents gh)
h
i
j
l
m
n1 (n)
n2 (ng)
o
p
q1 (q)
q2 (Q)
r
s
t1 (t)
t2 (tlh)
u
v
w
y
z (')
If you sort by the field with this representation of the words, then
it will sort the same as TKD, but you must be careful and EXTREMELY
consistent. Never type a "t" or an "n" without the number after it.
Never put the "h" after "c" or "g".
Doq
On May 26, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Fiat Knox wrote:
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> A note if you're considering using a database or spreadsheet format
> for your words.
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> Spreadsheet cells need to be specifically formatted as
> "text" (select the column for your Klingon words and go to Format/
> Cells, then select the Text option for the entire column) because,
> unless you set them as such, they will consider an initial ' as a
> quote and strip it from any Klingon word you enter. Also, the
> sorting functions of spreadsheets do not recognise the difference
> between "q" and "Q," they will insert "ng" between "ne" and "nI",
> and words ending in ' will be put at the front of each block of
> words, so ru' appears before, say, ruch.
>
> Just so you know.
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