Re: Tengwar Mode: Hebrew
| From: | Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 26, 2002, 20:00 |
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Emaelivpar Stephen (Steg):
>But, one of the things about Tengwar is that its main letters are
>arranged into columns and rows based on phonetics
The copycat! That's what Asha'ille does, as per how its parent language
arranged its alphabet. But I invented this system on my own...
<grumblereinventthewheelgrumble>
>and the definition of
>each row or column can be changed depending on the phonological needs of
>the language being written.
Hmm, that's interesting, though. Asha'ille has 28 (consonant) characters
in its alphabet, with one reserved for "any foreign sound" (and therefore I
normally fill in the chart with a * at that location <grin> ). Maybe this
implies that Asha'ille didn't come into contact with any language vastly
different from its own? It has more sounds than its parent language, and
the only sound English has that it doesn't is [w]. But then they were
never exposed to the scorpion click language (which I haven't worked on at
all -- so any pointers to click-language info would be appreciated! :)
until much later in history.
Looks very nice, although I don't know Hebrew or Tengwar. I like your idea
nonetheless. :)
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AA