Re: Manuscripts & Manuscript Abbreviations in Conlangs

Most of the manuscript abrevieations I'm aware of in C-an texts are those inherited
from the Benevetan tradition.

Adam

Nivechigadu ul omu fi nu nul cunsiju djuls ímfius avevad amvuinadu, fi ni nal via djuls
pecadorus avevad pedizadu, fi ni nul sedigu djuls zagagadus avevad xedjidigadu.

Saumu 1:1


--- On Sat, 2/21/09, Elliott Lash <erelion12@...> wrote:

> From: Elliott Lash <erelion12@...>
> Subject: Manuscripts & Manuscript Abbreviations in Conlangs
> To: CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu
> Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 7:03 PM
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone have any manuscripts written in their conlangs
> (using a conscript)? If so,
> does anyone use abbreviations as in actual manuscripts?
>
> Silindion has had abbreviations for a long time but I am
> currently expanding the set. For interest, here is
> what it looks like (using transliterations)
>
> small y   =   i   (when before  e and sometimes on its own
> - always accompanied by two dots/squiggle below it)
>
> bar over any letter = double letter,    eg.   n-  =   nn
>
> dot under any letter = copy of preceding vowel,   eg.  il.
>  =  ili
>
> line before any letter = n,   eg.   |t =  nt
>
> w. =   an  (at end of the word)
> a + small m. = an (at end of the word)   (these two are
> variants and are much smaller than the actual letters  a n)
>
> t-   =  të  (when used as a single word)
>
> squiggle under letter = lenition,  eg.   t~  =    s  (th)
>
> upright squiggle on top of a letter =  delete letter,   eg.
>  a`  =   zero
>
> iS  =   GOD
>
> vowel on top of a letter =   following vowel
>
> dot on top of a letter =  letter + a,  eg.   t' = ta
>
> ?al-   =  ALARIE
>
> sil-  =   SILMA
>
> a + ë  on top =    move following word to end of following
> line
>
> litte t =  period
>
> two little t's  sideways =  begin paragraph
>
> colon  =   begin title
>
> little a =   comma
>
> raised little a =  apostrophe
>
> If people are interesting I can try to place a manuscript
> on the Silindion frathwiki pages to demonsrate this in more
> detail...   Of course, all the above are actually
> transcriptions so that the MS really looks completely
> different from the above description.
>
>
> -Elliott