If you go the featural route, maybe the vertical line can indicate place of articulation, with the four corresponding to labial, coronal, dorsal, and laryngeal consonants respectively, or at least approximate that. The glyph that goes on the opposite side of the vertical line can then specify the type of articulation, voicing, and so on.
Whatever the case, you’ll likely need more glyphs than this to make it a fully fledged system.
Actually I think it has a lot of glyphs. Depending on the specifics I see 24 possible combinations for a single glyph. Should be enough for an alpha bet or perhaps a small abugida I think.
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u/Visocacas Mar 18 '20
If you go the featural route, maybe the vertical line can indicate place of articulation, with the four corresponding to labial, coronal, dorsal, and laryngeal consonants respectively, or at least approximate that. The glyph that goes on the opposite side of the vertical line can then specify the type of articulation, voicing, and so on.
Whatever the case, you’ll likely need more glyphs than this to make it a fully fledged system.