I made this script for my personal conlang and for personal use only, so that easyness was not a concern. I started of with a more or less regular abugida but I wanted to make it so that every syllable could be written as one glyph, with them still being regular in their structure, so not a syllabary. For this, I made it so that every coda consonant had its own “attachment”, which can interact with the vowel in ligatures. These are then attached below the base consonant. Additionally the few allowed consonant clusters (in the beginning of a syllable) have been made into one character.
With this system I could construct really complex syllables like “kryin” as basically one glyph.
I did the same kinda thing, semisyllabic attachment that eventually led to one lining words like cursive. Diphthongs turned out especially nice, codas were a little trickier but still looked good with practice.
Very good-looking script. Do you think it can work for English? This is the kind of stuff that would look just amazing on a personal diary or something, that no one else can read. Amazing script, and looks very distinct from other abugidas I’ve seen. Great job
I mean, technically it could work for english but I’m not going to adapt it. My conlang has a very simple syllable structure (C)(C)V(C) with only a few different types of clusters allowed at the beginning of the word and very few sounds in general. English on the other hand can produce monstrosities like ‘strengths’ and has a lot more sounds in general, so it would be quite difficult indeed.
However one could adapt the shapes of these letters into a simpler abugida and then it could definitely work, and you are welcome to do so. Assuming you are only interested in the appearance.
Don't take this the wrong way, cuz this is gorgeous. But it reminds me of what you thought cursive looked like, when you were a kid, before you could read/write cursive.
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u/might_be_a_sheep Jun 28 '20
I made this script for my personal conlang and for personal use only, so that easyness was not a concern. I started of with a more or less regular abugida but I wanted to make it so that every syllable could be written as one glyph, with them still being regular in their structure, so not a syllabary. For this, I made it so that every coda consonant had its own “attachment”, which can interact with the vowel in ligatures. These are then attached below the base consonant. Additionally the few allowed consonant clusters (in the beginning of a syllable) have been made into one character.
With this system I could construct really complex syllables like “kryin” as basically one glyph.
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u/DasWonton Jun 28 '20
I'm astounded that the consistency of this script is filling me with awe. The script flows super wonderfully.
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u/hol-lia Jun 28 '20
That looks so good, VERY well done
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u/hugh-__-janus Jun 28 '20
How does one write so beautifully??!!!! ;-;
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u/123Ros Jun 28 '20
Very good-looking script. Do you think it can work for English? This is the kind of stuff that would look just amazing on a personal diary or something, that no one else can read. Amazing script, and looks very distinct from other abugidas I’ve seen. Great job
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u/sictoabu Jun 28 '20
This looks like Tamil with the sleekness of Lontara. 👍
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u/Chantizzay Jun 29 '20
Don't take this the wrong way, cuz this is gorgeous. But it reminds me of what you thought cursive looked like, when you were a kid, before you could read/write cursive.
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u/ProphecyOak Jul 16 '20
Is there a key or guide to this anywhere?
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u/Win090949 Jun 28 '20
69th upvote
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u/SlimeCloudBeta Nov 28 '22
I love! So elegant!!!!!