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Symbols and Conventions

Giorgio Buccellati – November 2002

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Graphemics

symbol definition example
=- right boundary of preposed determinative DINGIR=-
-= left boundary of postposed determinative -=KI
^[     ]^ partial brackets (to mark partial break) ^[U]^r
¡ the sign that follows is written upside down ¡en (see Tupkiš k1)

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Phonemics

In Hurrian, hyphens mark major morphemic boundaries within the normal sequential chain (instead of the normal morphemic transcription which uses with an equal sign). A hyphen (“-“) is also used to mark the boundary between components of a single proper name.

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