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In recognition of the fact that {{VY}} may be a lesser-available glyph in fonts and on keyboards, the [[refgram]] designates {{t|v}} as an emergency replacement.
Not all fonts and keyboards have the letter {{t|ꝡ}}. The [[refgram]] suggests using {{t|v}} as a replacement. People also commonly use {{t|w}} or {{t|vy}} or {{t|y}}.


In '''semi-native order''', the consonants are ordered in the Latin/Unicode way ({{t|b, c, ch, d…}}) while the vowels are still at the end, in {{t|a, u, ı, o, e}} order.
In '''semi-native order''', the consonants are ordered in the Latin/Unicode way ({{t|b, c, ch, d…}}) while the vowels are still at the end, in {{t|a, u, ı, o, e}} order.
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In '''non-native''' or '''Latin order''', the whole alphabet is ordered like the Latin alphabet: {{t|a, b, c, ch, d…}}
In '''non-native''' or '''Latin order''', the whole alphabet is ordered like the Latin alphabet: {{t|a, b, c, ch, d…}}


The vowel {{t|ı}} is written without its dot to avoid confusion with the tone diacritics listed below (stylistically as well as from a point of readability).
The vowel {{t|ı}} is written without its dot to avoid confusion with the tone diacritics listed below.


== Diacritics ==
== Diacritics ==
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| 4 || {{done|4}} || {{t|â}} || circumflex || U+0302 || rising-falling tone
| 4 || {{done|4}} || {{t|â}} || circumflex || U+0302 || rising-falling tone
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==== Sparse tone marking style ====
Before [[Toaq Delta]], a Toaq text could have chosen ''not'' to mark the most common tone, {{tone|4}}. At the time, this practice was dubbed '''sparse tone marking style'''.
A verb could never carry {{tone|8}}, so there would’ve been no confusion as long as the reader knew enough Toaq to tell particles from verbs. Therefore, the practice was acceptable in informal writing but discouraged in educational materials. Its supporters states that {{tone|4}} is actually tenacious to analayze as an inherent, or “default”, tone for verbs just as much as {{tone|8}} was for particles.
[[Toaq Delta]] removed {{tone|8}} and the notion of a neutral tone altogether; {{done|1}}, although unmarked, is always understood as falling tone. Thus, one could say that with the introduction of the new four-[[tone]] system, sparse tone marking has become the standard, with both the phonology and the orthography backing it.


=== Prefix marking ===
=== Prefix marking ===