Which Of The Following Anglo-Saxon Letters Makes Long A Sound

An AngloSaxon style medieval illumination by Tania Crossingham

Which Of The Following Anglo-Saxon Letters Makes Long A Sound. These were not originally used in old english, but are a more modern invention to distinguish between long and short vowels. Web old english had a fairly large set of dorsal (postalveolar, palatal, velar) and glottal consonants:

An AngloSaxon style medieval illumination by Tania Crossingham
An AngloSaxon style medieval illumination by Tania Crossingham

[k, tʃ, ɡ, dʒ, ɣ, j, ʃ, x, ç, h]. It makes the ‘th’ sounds as in ‘thing’ or ‘that’ a letter called ‘thorn’. Web long vowels can be marked with macrons. Short y is pronounced like the i sound in modern. Long u is pronounced like the oo sound in modern english school:sculan. Web old english letters no longer in modern english*. These were not originally used in old english, but are a more modern invention to distinguish between long and short vowels. It makes an ‘a’ sound as in ‘black’. Typically only /k, tʃ, ɣ, j, ʃ, x/ are analyzed as separate phonemes; Other symbols such as ð and þ represented the 'th' sound.

Web old english letters no longer in modern english*. Web old english letters no longer in modern english*. Web short u is pronounced like the u sound in modern english bull: It makes the ‘th’ sounds as in ‘thing’ or ‘that’ a letter called ‘thorn’. Web old english had a fairly large set of dorsal (postalveolar, palatal, velar) and glottal consonants: This letter is called ‘eth’. Long u is pronounced like the oo sound in modern english school:sculan. Short y is pronounced like the i sound in modern. Other symbols such as ð and þ represented the 'th' sound. It makes an ‘a’ sound as in ‘black’. Typically only /k, tʃ, ɣ, j, ʃ, x/ are analyzed as separate phonemes;