Kashubian alphabet Kashubian alphabet The Kashubian or Cassubian alphabet ("kaszëbsczi alfabét", "kaszëbsczé abecadło") is the script of the Kashubian language, based on the Latin alphabet. The Kashubian alphabet consists of 34 letters: A, Ą, Ã, B, C, D, E, É, Ë, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, Ł, M, N, Ń, O, Ò, Ó, Ô, P, R, S, T, U, Ù, W, Y, Z, Ż The Kashubian language also use some digraphs: ch, cz, dz, dż, rz and sz. The digraphs "cz", "dż", "sz", "ż" are pronounced in a different manner from their Polish counterparts – they are palato-alveolar, not retroflex
African reference alphabet African reference alphabet An African reference alphabet was first proposed in 1978 by a UNESCO-organized conference held in Niamey, Niger, and the proposed alphabet was revised in 1982. The conference recommended the use of single letters for a sound (that is, a phoneme) instead of using two or three-letter combinations, or letters with diacritical marks. The African Reference Alphabet is clearly related to the Africa Alphabet and reflected practice based on the latter (including use of IPA characters). The Niamey conference also built on work of a previous UNESCO-organized meeting on harmonization of transcriptions of African languages, that was held