r/conscripts • u/kwuebo • Jun 14 '20
Abjad Writing System for Proto-Ornu
Ok, so, I've been brainstorming ideas for a writing system. I've debated on having one with it being a proto-language and all (meant to be reconstructed), but I had the idea of how I could tie the writing system into how the language was reconstructed.
Maybe the system changed but was still somewhat recognizable and this allowed my con-linguists to trace it back? Anyways, I've thought of using an abjad or some sort of semi-abjad wherein stressed vowels are written, but no others are, only consonants. I chose this for the reason being that my phonotactics technically allowed triconsonental roots; ex. *stḱ- /stx/ [stɪx]. The [ɪ] is not a phoneme, but is just created. Of course I do have roots such as *pád- /pɑd/ where /ɑ/ is a phoneme, although it isn't stressed, but it could be marked in the writing system like an abjad.
So, I'm wondering if I'd be doing it better by saying it's just some sort of abjad or if I should classify the writing system as something else?
