Advantages of Jenticha
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Disadvantages of Jenticha
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It is only partly an abugida, at the beginning it used to be a simple alphabet. Therefore it is useful for adapting alphabets, making it easier to navigate for speakers whose native language uses an alphabet, as well as for Sunuwar people learning Russian.
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Graphemes are visually less complex for writing and they are easily distinguished. Vowel diacritics on top may confuse those not familiar enough with Devanagari. The fact that there are none in Jenticha adds to possible faster learning of the script.
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Writing inventory is remarkably compact, symbols are intended for Sunuwar, no odd or unused symbols are present. This is because this script is based on other Kiranti languages and partly Latin.
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This can be considered a drawback, because fewer letters may impose some difficulties in writing Nepali or Russian derivatives. On the other hand, it can be achieved with combinations, e.g. graphemes shortened by a virama + ह for aspirated consonants.
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There is a diacritic for the voiced retroflex lateral approximant /ɭ/ called a trill mark — it is placed below the letter after which the approximant is pronounced. Sunuwar phonotactics imply that in the case of C1C2V1 the second consonant is usually an approximant, so the trill mark is a helpful addition.
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