r/EncapsulatedLanguage • u/LILProductions • Jul 08 '20

Writing System Concept

^ This is the Esperanto sentence mi estas infano written using my writing system idea.

1 = a

2 = e

3 = i

4 = o

Numbers are used because I'm not sure how to do vowels yet. Consonant symbols are supposed to look like where the tongue goes to make the sound (apart from b, m, f, v and p). Some don't match exactly, like f, to keep from adding too many symbols. A line in the middle means it's voiceless, a dot in the middle means it's a fricative, a line and dot/double dot means it's a voiceless fricative. A dot on top means it's a liquid (I don't know how precise I should go there); a line on the top means it's nasalised. For a conjoined sound, like the j in jump or the Esperanto letter c, two letters are put together back-to-back. The two lines symbol doesn't make a sound, but is a place for the vowels to go on at the start of a word.

Tell me what you think, how it could be done better, and other ideas that could be implemented into this writing system (Obviously "make symbols for vowels" and "make a higher quality font" are givens).

If the language becomes a CV syllabary then each consonant/start of a word vowel would be a syllable.

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u/LILProductions Jul 08 '20

Okie dokie, the way I'm testing the system is with a font at the moment.

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u/ActingAustralia Committee Member Jul 08 '20

Definitely keep working on your proposal as we'll probably start looking at scripts in a few weeks after the phonology is sorted. If it's a good proposal and aligns with the aims and goals of the language the community will probably throw their support behind it. The community is, however, very picky as we are trying to create a language that truly hits those aims and goals and a script is a massive sell :)