RE: Guessing the Spelling (was: FVS Assignment MisMatch Winding Down)

In the word ABU, rules of vowel harmony will demand that the following gedes (ie loop) is a U and not the weaker O.
The word needs to be led by an O in order to be followed by an O.
Greg


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Wordingham [mailto:richard.wordingham@ntlworld.com] 
Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2015 3:44 PM
To: public-i18n-mongolian@w3.org
Subject: OT: Guessing the Spelling (was: FVS Assignment MisMatch Winding Down)

On Fri, 7 Aug 2015 13:32:04 +0000
Greg Eck <greck@postone.net> wrote:

> On the issue of spelling ABU “father” as mentioned below, there is no 
> question in the Cyrillic as to the proper spelling. I do not have the 
> experience in Inner Mongolia why there is such a variety of opinions.

As far as I can make out, knowing the Cyrillic spelling (аав) and knowing what the Mongolian script spelling looks like still leaves one with two alternatives - O and U.  Are people missing an obvious clue as to the spelling?

Richard.

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