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Date:      9 Apr 2000 15:58:23 +0200
From:      naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber)
To:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: BSDCon East
Message-ID:  <8cq29v$1mud$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de>
References:  <20000404152346.01398@techunix.technion.ac.il> <v04220806b5137b59347a@[195.238.1.121]> <xzpn1n5q1ny.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20000407102159.B8417@sofia.csl.sri.com>

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Marco Molteni <molter@sofia.csl.sri.com> wrote:

> I would like to introduce you all to a language where there is NO
> difference between spelling and pronunciation: Italian.

Italian is certainly very regular in this respect.
(BTW, why? Hasn't written Italian been largely the same since
Dante's times? A lot of time for irregularities to creep in.)

> I am wondering if there are other languages with this feature.

Finnish.
All languages that have only recently acquired their modern written
form.

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                  naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de



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