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#63139. satguru
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Apart from Icelandic, does any other language use the letters eth and thorn for soft and hard 'th' sounds? I may also have seen it once in Turkish but maybe mistaken?
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wdwfla
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It is used to write Old English, Middle English, Old Norse, Late Norse, Sami, and Modern Icelandic. Faeroese, also use the eth.
Mar 05 06, 5:06 PM
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Baloo55th
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Definitely not in Turkish. That is all 'normal' letters, with additional dots and curly bits for some sounds. For those that mightn't know, Icelandic has Þ and þ (thorn) for the 'th' as in think, and Đ and đ (eth) for the 'th' as in though. The letter looking like eth also occurs in Vietnamese but I'm not sure how it's pronounced. (Icelandic also has the letter Æ and æ (ash) which is a short 'a' sound and also used to be used in Old English and is in some Scandinavian languages. The æ in encyclopædia is different, coming from Latin and sounding like e.)
Mar 06 06, 11:15 AM
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