Editing Alsatian dialect (section)

===Orthal===
Orthal ({{lang|fr|italic=unset|Orthographe alsacienne}})<ref>{{Cite web|title=Guide pour écrire et lire l'alsacien {{!}} www.OLCAlsace.org|url=http://www.olcalsace.org/fr/guide-pour-ecrire-et-lire-l-alsacien|access-date=2020-12-21|website=www.olcalsace.org}}</ref> is a revised orthography meant for use by all dialects of Alsatian promoted by the {{lang|fr|italic=unset|Office pour la Langue et les Cultures d'Alsace et de Moselle (OLCA)}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Langue et culture régionales en Alsace, tout savoir sur le dialecte alsacien, bienvenue à l'OLCA {{!}} www.OLCAlsace.org|url=http://www.olcalsace.org/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=www.olcalsace.org}}</ref>

The latest version (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Orthal|url=http://www.orthal.fr/ORTHAL_2016.pdf|website=www.orthal.fr}}</ref> of Orthal is described below. Not all dialects are expected to use all letters & diacritics. For example, Owerlandisch from Southern Alsace primarily uses the additional vowel letters, Ä À Ì Ü.

Dialects from the north (Strasbourg region) make use of more letters including Ë, Ö, Ù and the diphthong ÈI.

In general the principles of Orthal are to:
# Follow standard German orthography for the regular vowels A, E, I, O, U and their umlauted Standard German forms Ä, Ö, Ü
# For diphthongs & triphthongs that do not exist in Standard German Orthal combines standard German letters to create anew – e.g., ia, üe (or üa), öi, àui, äi (or èi)
# For vowel sounds not represented in the Standard German orthography, it uses the French [[Acute accent|acute]] & [[Grave accent|grave]] accent marks to create new graphemes that can represent sounds unique to the Alsatian dialects
# It also follows standard German orthography for consonants as well.

The vowels are pronounced short or long based on their position in the syllable besides the letter type.

A vowel at the end of a syllable, without a subsequent consonant, is a long vowel "V" = Long Vowel (LV). e.g., hà, sì

A vowel followed by a single consonant in a syllable is pronounced as a long vowel "V + C" = Long Vowel (LV). e.g., Ros

'''''Note''''' – A vowel followed by several consonants ("V + C + C") in a syllable is pronounced as a Short Vowel. e.g., Ross

==== Monophthong – short vowels ====

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! '''[[Capital letters|Majuscule forms]]'''
|| A   || Ä   || À       || E       || É   || È   || Ë   || I   || Ì   || O   || Ö   || U   || Ü   || Ù
|-
! '''[[Lower case|Minuscule forms]]'''
|| a   || ä   || à       || e       || é   || è   || ë   || i   || ì   || o   || ö   || u   || ü   || ù
|-
! '''[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]'''
|| {{IPA|/a/}} || {{IPA|/ɛ/}} || {{IPA|/ɑ ~ ɒ/}} || {{IPA|/e/}}, {{IPA|/ə/}} || {{IPA|/e/}} || {{IPA|/ɛ/}} || {{IPA|/æ/}} || {{IPA|/i/}} || {{IPA|/ɪ/}} || {{IPA|/o/}} || {{IPA|/ø/}} || {{IPA|/u/}} || {{IPA|/y/}} || {{IPA|/ʊ/}}
|}

==== Monophthong – long vowels ====

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! '''[[Capital letters|Majuscule forms]]'''
|| A , AH, AA || À , ÀH, ÀÀ || Ä , ÄH || E , EH, EE || Ë , ËH || È , ÈÈ ÈH || I , II, IH || Ì , ÌH || O , OO, OH || Ö , || U , UU, UH || Ü ,ÜÜ, ÜH || Ù , ÙÙ, ÙH || Œ    || UE
|-
! '''[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]'''
|| {{IPA|/aː/}} || {{IPA|/ɒː/}} || {{IPA|/ɛː/}} || {{IPA|/eː/}} || {{IPA|/æː/}} || {{IPA|/ɛː/}} || {{IPA|/iː/}} || {{IPA|/ɪː/}} || {{IPA|/oː/}} || {{IPA|/øː/}} || {{IPA|/uː/}} || {{IPA|/yː/}} || {{IPA|/ʊː/}} || {{IPA|/œː/}} || {{IPA|/ʏ/}}
|}