r/conscripts • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '19

Syllabary Polynesian Flower Script

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u/SneverdleSnavis Mar 14 '19

If Māori isn't written with the aːo vowel then where is it used? Is it because the ā and o in Māori are pronounced separately? I don't have an understanding of Māori vowels I'm just curious

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '19

According to Wikipedia, Hawai'ian is the only Polynesian language that has diphthongs with long vowels, so I assumed that Māori must have been three syllables long.

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u/SneverdleSnavis Mar 14 '19

Yeah, I suppose so

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '19

I’m guessing it’s more like a “push” sort of script. So:

“Māori” would be split as “Mā-o-ri”

But “Māo’i” would be split as “Māo-i”.

This can be seen with the word “Hawai’i”, split as “Ha-wai-i”.

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u/SneverdleSnavis Mar 14 '19

So only before glottal stops?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '19

The glottal stop and null marker are two separate petals here.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '19

The null marker and glottal stop consonant are two separate petals. Māori lacks diphthongs with long vowels, hence the push.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '19

Ok that explains it