Talk:njuugen

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RFV discussion: January 2021–January 2022

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Same as with soogen: Quite probably a misspelling of the actual lemma, njúgen. This time there is a difference in pronunciation (/u/ vs /uː/), but it could still very well be a result of an oral source ([uˑ] vs [uː] respectively). Only hit on google books I could check was a mention at Wurdlist Fryske-Sealtersk ([1]), not sure if this can be called an authorative source. Thadh (talk) 12:53, 9 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

I found it: The German Wikipedia explains this phenomenon that these vowels don't match up. It says that since every new researcher developed a new orthography for the language, and no official orthography has been developed, such cases as here (njuugen vs njúgen or soogen vs sogen) appeared. So this is a matter of deciding what orthography we want to follow on Wiktionary rather than whether these writing systems are correct. In light of this information, I believe this discussion should be moved to the Beer Parlour? @Leasnam, Chuck Entz, Apisite pinging other editors that have been part of this conversation some way or another Thadh (talk) 15:17, 11 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
It rather sounds like the vowels do match up and both uu and ú denote a long /u:/ :) . Like with colour vs. color both should stay and be labelled. (People might come across either spelling and search for it here.) --46.91.98.89 01:14, 12 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
But once again, in the orthography handled by SW, uu denotes the short /u/, while úu denotes the long /uː/, so they do not match. As for creating entries, we still need to decide which spelling to give a full entry (opposed to an alternative form) and if we want to include any mentioned form or just the ones quotable. Thadh (talk) 09:45, 14 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Resolved, kept as an alternative spelling. Thadh (talk) 13:00, 28 January 2022 (UTC)Reply