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==== Old Transliteration Standard ==== The OTS is something of a misnomer, as there is little standard to the way in which it handles some D'ni characters{{emdash}}especially vowels. Although this is the standard in which all D'ni words have been written by Cyan in the past, it is often not clear what characters make up the word in the actual D'ni alphabet. Depending on the word, the OTS uses multiple Roman letters for each D'ni letter. For example, "shorah" is actually sh|o|r|ah in D'ni, not s|h|o|r|a|h. The extra h's in the Romanization of the word are there as pronunciation guides, to ensure that the word is spoken properly when read aloud. Other letters, such as the long "i", are sometimes written in capital letters, again to ensure that they are pronounced correctly. However, this often negatively impacts readability and generates confusion among some fans as to why letters in the middle of a word are capitalized. To make matters more confusing, Cyan has a habit of dropping h's and other secondary letters from transliterated words if it improves their readability on the page. For instance, "Releeshahn" should actually be spelled "Rehleeshahn" if one were to strictly adhere to the "standard". For that matter, "D'ni" should actually be spelled "D'nee" as the last letter is a long E in D'ni, not an i. It has generally been agreed upon that use of the OTS is acceptable for everyday conversation online, but should not be used when attempting to transliterate text that may need to be re-transliterated back into D'ni, as transliteration errors are likely to occur. Some individuals attempt to distinguish between separate D'ni letters using pipes ("|"), as used above, or by using brackets ("[]"), but this decreases legibility, is cumbersome to use at length, and still relies on the accurate and consistent use of secondary letters like H to properly identify particular characters.
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