Re: German with Hanzi/Kanji/Hanja?

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:39:15 +0200, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> A few days ago I was discussing with a friend that I want to try
> making a Hanzi-based writing system for German.  German is not really
> suited for this, even much less than Japanese.  'not suited' here
> meaning it will probably be fun. :-)
>
> My idea was to write the stems with Hanzi and the inflection with some
> sort of morphophonological script.  I have not decided about
> derivational endings, maybe they could be written with Hanzi, too, if
> there is some more-or-less clear semantic concept behind it (e.g.
> write _-bar_ ('-able') with the Hanzi for _können_ ('be able to/can').
>
> Dunno whether I should use a fully phonological one for inflection,
> however, or whether it would be better to use a morphologically-based
> system, and maybe a good mix.
>
> One question that arose was whether (and if, how) one should mark
> umlauts:
It might be simpler if you used a German-derived conlang (such as the one I've
been playing with on and off) rather than German proper. For example, if no
simple past existed, you'd eliminate a lot of the ablaut.

Jeff