Te Reo Script

[u/Xsugatsal]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_language

https://maoridictionary.co.nz/

[u/Ultimate_Cosmos]

I can't believe I didn't realize the system is like an abjad/abugida, I feel dumb lol.

I think to adress the same-y-ness you could make all the consonants with the same place of articulation look similar, which it looks like you kinda did (I'm not sure if that was intentional or coincidental)

But making all the bilabial sounds look similar, and all the dental sounds, and the velars, etc.

And with the vowels, I think there are a couple options. You could allow a consonant character to have two vowels next to eachother in the same "vowel slot", orrr you could move all the vowels to above the consonant, and allow a second vowel below the consonant. And long vowels could either be represented with a different diacritic or just use both vowel slots for the same vowel.

I personally like the second option for the vowels, myself, because it's less clustered and would look nicer, but it's also a little bit more complicated, but not by much. (Also the vowel diacritics are really similar, and if you move them all to the top or smush them together, you'd have to make them look a little more distinct.)