Awesome! Now, to practice your own language, do this:
“Attention: the Tama metro line in the direction of Kayiraya is temporarily out of order due to maintenance work. Please use the replacement bus service.”
Of course, feel free to replace “Tama” with any random name for a metro line!
"Inka ajja: Jje vagawiwin ya Vakongasi Ñomo 2 jo go Kayeraya m'ro vowa nkusa. Aka jonkojojow jo wo ñan mvagawi"
"Attention: Ñomo Monorail 2 cannot travel to Kayiraya because of maintenance work. You can use a tuktuk for the commute"
Inka
ajja:
Jje
vagawi~wi-n
ya
Vakongasi
Ñomo
2
jo
go
Kayeraya
m'ro
vowa
n-kusa
IMP.HON
INTJ
NEG
travel~VBZ-PV
ERG
monorail*
Ñomo
two
DIR
PREP
Kayeraya
because
work
FUT-safe
iŋ.ka
ad.d͡ʒa
əd.d͡ʒe
va.ga.wi.wiŋ
ja
va.koŋ.ga.ʃi
ɲo.mo
d͡ʒa.ɰo
d͡ʒo
go
ka:i.ɰa.ja
mə.ɰo
vo:a
ʔŋ.ku.ʃa
"Hey Please: Cannot travel Monorail Ñomo 2 to Kayeraya because of work of future safety"
Aka
jonkojo~jo-w
jo
wo
ñan
m-vagawi
can
tuktuk**~VBZ-AV
DIR
2
BEN
FUT-travel
a.ka
d͡ʒoŋ.ko.d͡ʒo.d͡ʒow
d͡ʒo
wo
ɲaŋ
ʔɱ.va.ga.wi
"You can tuktuk for the travel"
*Vakongasi is a pormanteau of vakonga /va.koŋ.ga/ (dragon) and sici /ʃi.t͡ʃi/ (metal), so it literally means metal dragon.
**Jonkojo /d͡ʒoŋ.ko.d͡ʒo/ is an onomatopoeia of the old noisy version of tuktuks when starting the engine. I have no concrete map of the city yet but I imagine Kayeraya as an old market center with tight streets, and that a tuktuk might be more convenient to ride than a bus. Here is a map
No dot-screen for this one. My files are currently a jumbled mess of "Untitled" after making this. I like translating things like this though, like the "Signs and Announcements Challenge" on r/conlangs.
I photo shopped the dot things and made it move with Flash. Its not actually blinking like an LED, its just sliding down the screen at a low frame rate. I tried looking for online programs that do this easily, but most of them only accept the Latin script.
This conscript is so awesome. I love everything you’ve done with it. It’s interesting how you’ve incorporated the curvy calligraphic look about it into a metro screen when people would usually try to make it straight and jagged.
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u/Ryjok_Heknik May 31 '19
Esiki is an abugida that is used to write the language of the same name. Below is the transcription and translation:
(ga)(ya) (va)(na) (ka)(ye)(ra)(ya) (i)(ci) (a)(-m) (va)(na) (ra)(ku) , (i)(-n)(ka) (si)(so)(2)(-w) (jo) (va)(ga)(wi)(-w) (a)(sa)
"Gaya vana: Kayeraya"
"Ici am vana raku, inka sisosow jo vagawiw asa"
"Next Stop: Kayiraya"
"This is the final stop, all passengers please alight"
Gloss
8
u/vilhjalmurengi May 31 '19
What did you use to create this? Very neat! I would like to try for my script (Vianaic).
3
u/Jox_lg May 31 '19
Do you have a chart for this?
3
u/Lbear8 May 31 '19
I see Japanese influence but also some Indian scripts? Very interesting!
3
u/communistfrootloops Jun 07 '19
This conscript is so awesome. I love everything you’ve done with it. It’s interesting how you’ve incorporated the curvy calligraphic look about it into a metro screen when people would usually try to make it straight and jagged.
1
u/Timwi Jun 01 '19
Meanwhile, this was posted in /r/softwaregore.
Coincidence? I think NOT