Re: Syllabaries [was Re: t-shirt]

On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Matthew Kehrt wrote:

> Eviendadil has a pseudo-syllabic alphabet.  Each syllable is one
> character, but the characters are constructed out of symbols for
> sounds.
>  I have something like 700 possible syllables, each of which is made
> of an optional intitial consonant, a vowel and an optional final
> consonant.
>
> Saran edorir,
> Matthew Kehrt
!  700 syllables!  That's quite a lot.  :-)  OTOH from the construction
described it soudns like it would be fairly easy to learn.

Chevraqis has a "true" but slightly eccentric alphabet, with each
syllable bounded by a "block" or "square" (much as in Korean, but the
Korean system is rather more rational, probably because King Sejong in
Korea was a better linguist than the fictitious Qenaren magistrate who
devised the Chevraqis alphabet), and some peculiarities to the way
syllables are put together.  I'll try to get a sample up on my website
this weekend.

YHL