Re: USAGE: [CONLANG] A BrSc a? & Nyuu Romaji

On Wed, 2002-04-24 at 16:14, Christophe Grandsire wrote:

> Also, although the script is derived from the Latin alphabet, it has a feature
> in common with the Arabic alphabet: some letters connect with the following
> one, while others don't. Moreover, there are plenty of ligatures (among which
> double letters, which are often written as one letter with a single line more,
> which can be easily forgotten :)) ). Two which can easily be overlooked are the
> ligatures |te| and |ge|. |e| is written like a 'c' with a horizontal bar (like
> some versions of Greek epsilon I've seen in some mathematical fonts, or a E but
> round). |t| is identical to the Greek small tau, and |g| is like |t| but with a
> tail that goes under the baseline. But the ligatures |te| and |ge| are written
> like a |t| or |g| alone with the horizontal bar of the |e| added. So it can
> easily be overlooked, especially in some handwritings where the horizontal bar
> is nearly gone :)) . And of course there are the ligatures |mn| and |nm| which
> are identical :)) .
Oh, I like your script! It sounds very fun from this description! (I
especially love ligatures. I wish English made use of ligatures

>  To add to the confusion, many Runes are
> > horribly polyvalent (I'm refering to the late, Nordic Runes) - only
> > one
> > letter for /g k N/, and anone letter can be read as any of /i j e æ/
> > (the
> > last is ash).
>
> That is already a feature of Maggel. Necessary when you have only 17 letters to
> transcribe 70-odd sounds :)) .
>
>  Add inconsistent use of the word-break marker, and you
> > get
> > things like "a.ustarlar.ni.kafu" for _austarla ærni gafu_ "eastward
> > the
> > eagle gave" (from an inscription on a stone from Gripsholm).
> >
>
> I think I saw that inscription already :)) . Currently my orthography is quite
> regular in that respect (so that I don't get too much confused :)) ), but I
> will certainly add inconsistencies too :)) .
>
> Christophe.
>
> http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
>
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