26-10-2025, 10:44 AM
(26-10-2025, 10:14 AM)JoJo_Jost wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.@ Rene – if you then add your list, you have a possibly complex number system.
I am not sure which list you mean?
However, your short list can be expanded if one allows (just as a thought experiment) that n and r are the same thing. Note that there are quite a few cases where the curl up is inaccurately placed and it is hard to decide which is meant.
an (rare) and ar (frequent): 1
ain (frequent) and air (relatively rare): 2
aiin (frequent) and aiir (rare): 3
aiiin (rare): 4
Essentially, 'r' is preferred without any 'i' and 'n' is preferred if there are one or more.
Since aiiin is so rare, perhaps 4 can also be written al.
After all, l is how a 4 would be written at that time.