system, approved by the (former, abolished in 2017) Province of Udine and used in official documents, Friulian is written using the Latin script with the c-cedilla (ç). The letter q is used only for personal names and historical toponyms, and in every other case, it is replaced by c. Besides that, k, x, w, and y appear only in loan words so they are not considered part of the alphabet. Aa Bb Cc Çç Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Zz There are also grave accents (à, è, ì, ò and ù) and circumflex accents (â, ê, î, ô, and û), which are put above the vowels to distinguish between homophonic words or to show stress (the former) and show long vowels (the latter). Other systems An alternative system is called Faggin-Nazzi from the names of the scholars who proposed it. It is less common, probably also because it is more difficult for a beginner for its use of letters, such as č, that are typical of Slavic languages but seem foreign to native Italian speakers. Examples The Fox and the Crow translation in Central Friulian La bolp e jere di gnûf famade. In chel e a viodût un corvat poiât suntun pin, ch'al tigneve un toc di formadi tal bec. "Chel si che mi plasarès!" e a pensât le bolp, e e disè al corvát: "Ce biel che tu sês! Se il to cjant al é biel come il to aspiet, di sigûr tu sês il plui biel di ducj i ucei! References Paola Benincà & Laura Vanelli. Linguistica friulana. Padova: Unipress, 2005. Paola Benincà & Laura Vanelli. “Friulian”, in The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages, eds. Adam Ledgeway & Martin Maiden. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, pp. 139–53. Franc Fari, ed. Manuâl di lenghistiche furlane. Udine: Forum, 2005. Giuseppe Francescato. Dialettologia friulana. Udine: Società Filologica Friulana, 1966. Giovanni Frau. I dialetti del Friuli. Udine: Società Filologica Friulana, 1984. Sabine Heinemann. Studi di linguistica friulana. Udine: Società Filologica Friulana, 2007. Carla Marcato. Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Rome–Bari: Laterza, 2001. Nazzi, Gianni & Deborah Saidero, eds. Friulan Dictionary: English-Friulan / Friulan-English. Udine: Ent. Friul tal Mond, 2000. Piera Rizzolati. Elementi di linguistica friulana. Udine: Società Filologica Friulana, 1981. Paolo Roseano. La pronuncia del friulano standard: proposte, problemi, prospettive, Ce Fastu? LXXXVI, vol. 1 (2010), p. 7–34. Paolo Roseano. Suddivisione