• WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It is not close to being phonetic. It is however quite consistent which is what you were probably thinking of.

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      4 months ago

      I don’t get it. How is phontenic defined then?

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        4 months ago

        I am not sure about the definition of the word but look up Georgian, 33 letters, 33 sounds. Each letter has one and only one sound, which never ever changes despite the position in the word or the surrounding letters