Philipp Reichmuth scripsit: > Russian orthography is pretty *phonemic*, excluding historic forms such > as the -ogo genitive or the soft sign with the 2nd person singular of the > verb. Most accent-counting languages tend to reduce sounds rather > heavily in nonstressed syllables, however, and in those cases a > phonemic orthography doesn't help a lot.
I take it to be rather morphophonemic, much like German orthography. -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.reutershealth.com "Mr. Lane, if you ever wish anything that I can do all you will have to do will be to send me a telegram asking and it will be done." "Mr. Hearst, if you ever get a telegram from me asking you to do anything you can put the telegram down as a forgery."