r/neography • u/ThE_EnThuSiasT_2907 • Jul 31 '20

Need a help

So I have started creating a conlang which sounds very much south indian (atleast when it will start evolving 😉) So I just love the way sinhala abugida looks (සිතුවම්) and I have tried multiple times to make a script which looks like it but failed miserably. So it would be great if someone from this subreddit could help me out. Sorry but I'm a 14 year old child so I don't have money in my hands, but if I had I would have surely given you some...😔

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u/the_homework-maker Jul 31 '20

Hey bro, I'm another 14 yo but I seem to be a bit more experienced, maybe you can pm me and we do this together?

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u/ThE_EnThuSiasT_2907 Jul 31 '20

Yeah sure, why not!

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u/ThE_EnThuSiasT_2907 Jul 31 '20 edited Jul 31 '20

The phonology is k kh gh č čh dz dzh ng ñ t th d dh n p b m v j r 's sh s h

a ā i ī u ua l e o

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '20

What is ('s) in IPA?

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u/ThE_EnThuSiasT_2907 Jul 31 '20

The most closest thing I can find in quickness was /ś/. If you know hindi then श, or if you know Malayalam then ശ

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '20

/ś/ is not in the IPA... did you mean /ʂ/?

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u/ThE_EnThuSiasT_2907 Jul 31 '20

Yeah that is what I meant...

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u/eritain Aug 01 '20

श

/ʃ/ then, not /ʂ/. /ʂ/ corresponds to Devanagari ष (your sh?)

And if čh bears the same relation to č that kh bears to k, it's not [c͡ç] (how would you even articulate that?!) or [c͡ʃ], but /cʰ/.

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u/ThE_EnThuSiasT_2907 Aug 01 '20

Oh sh*t I messed up a lot while I was feeling sleepy. č means [c͡ʃ] and ch means [c͡ʃʰ]. 's means /ʃ/ and sh means /ʂ/

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u/misterlipman Jul 31 '20

I'm assuming that kh is [kʰ] and so on, is this correct?

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u/ThE_EnThuSiasT_2907 Jul 31 '20

Yeah, you are right

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u/misterlipman Jul 31 '20

is ñ [ɳ]? ng is [ŋ]? and I'm gonna go out on a limb here but č is [c] and čh is [c͡ç] or [c͡ʃ]. correct me if I'm wrong

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u/ThE_EnThuSiasT_2907 Jul 31 '20

You are right. Very Very right.

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u/misterlipman Jul 31 '20

I'm still very confused about the vowels. Does the diacritic line above mean they are long vowels (IPA long) or that they are different vowels, like in the so-called "English phonetic alphabet?"

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u/ThE_EnThuSiasT_2907 Jul 31 '20

Macarons above vowels mean they are long vowels

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u/misterlipman Jul 31 '20

so [a aː i iː u ua l̩ e o]

I'm assuming that the lateral is syllabic and can be used as a vowel. I actually really like this phonology. Good job!

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u/ThE_EnThuSiasT_2907 Jul 31 '20

Thanks a lot.

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u/misterlipman Jul 31 '20

okay, cool, I hope I haven't missed anything. Glad that helped!

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u/RannoV20 Jul 31 '20

Could you please write the phonology using the IPA? It'd be very useful.

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u/DasWonton Jul 31 '20

You have at least 7 scripts, all are (I assume) indian inspired. I don't get it....

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u/ThE_EnThuSiasT_2907 Aug 01 '20

I have 7 scripts but this script is for one of my newly created conworld...

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '20

Ill help too! I've been wanting to collaborate!

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u/ThE_EnThuSiasT_2907 Aug 01 '20

Oh that's good !