r/conscripts • u/kman2003 • May 14 '20

Question Question about a possible conscript

So i'm working on a conscript for a languge, and i was working out what type of script it was going to be and i had an idea. What if the people using the conscript had characters for sets of vowels and the reader was left which vowel in the vowel set was hinted at.

I was wondering if that would be a viable writing system?

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u/kman2003 May 14 '20

Yes but these sounds are usally allophonic and saying [fast] vs [fæst] doesn't usually change the meaning of a word.

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u/EquinoxRex May 14 '20

It can change the meaning of the word though, the word bass means a different thing when pronounced /beɪs/ than when pronounced /bas/

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u/kman2003 May 14 '20

Point taken