12 Questions
Which best describes the orthography of Cebuano Visayan?
It follows a phonetic language system
What is the reason for using letters Oo and Ee in Cebuano Visayan?
Due to Spanish and American influences
How does Cebuano Visayan's orthography relate to its phonology?
They correspond to each other
Why is the use of Oo and Ee considered a cultural tradition?
To honor the Spanish-American influence
What distinguishes the Cebuano Visayan spelling system from logographic systems?
Phoneme-grapheme correspondence
How would you characterize the spelling of Cebuano Visayan with respect to cultural influences?
Adheres to Spanish and American norms
What happens to foreign borrowed words used in Cebuano Visayan for a long time?
They are nativized in spelling and meaning
Which aspect of Cebuano Visayan spelling emphasizes consistency between phonology and orthography?
Spelling of borrowed words
How is the glottal stop represented in Cebuano Visayan spelling?
(') over stressed vowels, (^) over unstressed vowels, and (-) between a consonant and a vowel
In Cebuano Visayan, how are homonyms differentiated in writing?
By relying on the context of the sentence
What do end punctuations signify in Cebuano Visayan writing?
Suprasegmental phonemes
What is the basic unit of form in Cebuano Visayan word structure?
Morphemes
Test your knowledge on the orthography and phoneme-grapheme correspondence in Cebuano Visayan, a phonetic language spelled as pronounced. Explore how each phoneme maps to a corresponding grapheme in the alphabetic spelling system of Cebuano Visayan.
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