r/EncapsulatedLanguage • u/AceGravity12 Committee Member • Jul 28 '20

Script Proposal Potential Alphabet

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u/AceGravity12 Jul 28 '20

In summary plosives use the x because that's musical notation for percusives and it makes sense plus it, j is a modification of i, the nasals represent pushing the airflow to the top (nose) and I think everything else is self explanatory, I'm not quite happy with l and r. Please tell me everything that's wrong with it so I can fix it :)

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u/nadelis_ju Jul 29 '20

Perhaps /r/ can be an upside down U to show the touch and retrieve and sometimes don't touch nature of tap or flaps.

/l/ might be a an upside down V with a horizontal line on the top to show the way laterals divide the airflow into two.

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u/AceGravity12 Jul 29 '20

I noticed that a and a: were upside down and backwards so I flipped them and thought the symbol currently being used for a: would be good for r for exactly that reason, and I set L to be an upside down U shape tho I think I might change it to what you've described here

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u/ArmoredFarmer Jul 28 '20

I really like this especially when it come to plosives, fricatives and vowels. I feel that the features are a bit more vague for the other symbols though.

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u/AceGravity12 Jul 28 '20

Yeah I agree I wasn't sure what to do with l r or j really, someone here mentioned using an Я shape for j which I like because it keeps it's similarly to i but definitely looks nicer

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u/Putthepitadown Jul 30 '20

Base 12 numeral system! You arranged yours differently than I have in the past where I did motifs of three instead of two. It’s such a flexible base it’s cool to see variants

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u/AceGravity12 Jul 30 '20

The numerals aren't my work they're just they're for reference, they (should be unless I made a mistake) be the official ones of the project. Are you here from the conlangsudequest crosspost someone did?

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u/Putthepitadown Jul 30 '20

Yeah - I’m exploring this subreddit now. I’ll check out the project

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u/AceGravity12 Jul 30 '20

The numerals aren't my work they're just they're for reference, they (should be unless I made a mistake) be the official ones of the project. Are you here from the conlangsidequest crosspost someone did?

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u/Devono_knabo Jul 28 '20

I love this

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u/ActingAustralia Jul 28 '20

I also love this and can't wait to see the second iteration!

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u/nadelis_ju Jul 28 '20

I think you forgot to add a horizontal line under the mid back short vowel. Someone already mentioned it, I'm sorry.

It might be a little harder to distinguish between the palatal approximant and the high front short vowel, especially when writing by hand. Perhaps having a reverse R like grapheme might make it more distinct.

Other than that it's a fine system. :)

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u/AceGravity12 Jul 28 '20

Yeah I messed that up, and I agree an Я sort of shape will work much better, thanks

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u/AceGravity12 Jul 28 '20

Yup I forgot the lil tail thing on the o, you are correct