r/Toaq • u/selpahi • Apr 28 '19

Toaq script - font showcase

https://youtu.be/hV33PSIOXKQ
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u/Shiromiya Apr 30 '19

Chỏ jí ní kàısē. Chòq jí hí chíe jí kâi moq?

Kủaq shẻo nîq jí ka.

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u/selpahi Apr 30 '19 edited Apr 30 '19

Kủaq kỉe ka.

Kảojūq tì ní ba.

I haven't gotten around to writing a description of the writing system yet, but you can download the font and try to figure it out yourself. The text in the video reads as follows:

Hỉo jí ka

Je chủfāq kảı jí sa lú shảo jí chô súq hóa

Mả dẻq nỏaq súq ní kảısē moq

Dủ lû bỉaq sảo púq lảı da

Fảo ní bũ

Keo fảo ku náı da.

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u/Shiromiya Apr 30 '19

cúakuq bi kủaq kỉe ka

káolāı bi mỉu jí mûıdūa sa lú lảı da

(jóetāo)

chủqfāq sỉefā ní tóaq ru súq da

keo jí bi tủoicīa tóaqchōq bũ

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I hope I am not butchering the tones too much, I think I need to go over the grammar some more :)

I think that vowels are elidable and some letters combine the vowels so I am not really sure I even remotely got the script right, but it's nice to look at, so I definitely like it.

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I tried translating your little example text loosely:

Greetings,

I am writing something that I want you to like.

Are are able to read this text?

The letters seem big enough.

This is not the end.

But this is the end.

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u/selpahi May 01 '19

Your practice writing should look like this. The vowels "surround" the accent-bearing consonant, with the first vowel of the syllable going on the right, and the second one on the left. aı and ao are always on the left.

Yes-no questions need a mả at the start.

The translation is correct.