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

En réponse à Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>:

>
> Runic writing had feature you really ought to include in Maggel's
> orthography (if it isn't already): If a word ends in the same letter as
> the
> the next begins in, the words are written together and the letter in
> question is only written once.
That's gonna be difficult to add, but I'm gonna think about it :)) . I already
have strange things like the fact that when the adjective precedes the noun
(and the article, which is mandatory as soon as an adjective is present and is
always put just before the noun), it is written as one with the article
although the article is really pronounced as one with the noun :)) .

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 :)) .

 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.

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