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An asterisk before the name of a language, language family or script (e.g. ‘ * Spanish' ) indicates a cross-reference to the entry so headed. An asterisk before a word or form quoted (e.g. ‘Germanic * kuningaz ' ) indicates that the form is conjectural and not attested. Characters of the International Phonetic Alphabet (see pp. xvi-xvii) are enclosed within square brackets, e.g. [∫]. Graphemes are enclosed within angle brackets, e.g. ‘English <c> is pronounced either [k] or [s]' ‘In Danish, <å> has replaced earlier <aa>'; ‘The Cyrillic character <B> is pronounced [v]’. > = ‘becomes’ (e.g. ‘Latin cantare > French chanter ’). < = ‘comes from’ (e.g. ‘French chanter < Latin cantare ’). ... log in or subscribe to read full text