INTERPRETATION \ LANGUAGES \ Writing \ 671m
1: G. Buccellati, November, 2002

Symbols and Conventions

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)

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.