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Name	Latheb
Site	Latheb
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Site Language	English
Author	Mattias Persson
Script Type	Abjad
Description	The upper left-hand group of symbols are stops (the rows are, from top to bottom: velar (k sounds), palatal (ch sounds), retroflex (t sounds, put the tip of the tongue against the roof in the mouth, quite far back, the resulting sound should be similar to Englist t in 'true'), dental (t sounds, but for these sounds, the tip of the tongue should be put at the upper teeth (as with English th)), bilabial (p sounds). The last four symbols of the first row in the upper right-hand group are: voiceless lateral fricative (Welsh 'll'); velarized 'l' (English dark 'l' as in 'all'); w; the first sound of English 'write' (note that R is trilled, as in Italian). The symbols in the third row are Semitic: voiceless pharyngeal, voiced pharyngeal, voiceless uvular (a throaty 'k' sound). The last, rectangular, symbol stands for No Sound; it is used when a word begins with a vowel, or, as in the chart, to show where the vowels are to be written, relative to the ! consonants.
Influences	This writing system is a mixture of Latin and Hebrew, with many new symbols, especially vowels.
Submitted By	Mattias Persson
Date Submitted	Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Updated By	Jeffrey Henning
Date Edited	Sunday, July 03, 2005
Description Of Update	Changed type from abugida to abjad at Mattias Persson's request.
Date To Headline	Tuesday, March 08, 2005

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