Re: Con-Alphabets & Real Languages

Christian Thalmann wrote
>
> You might have noticed that the script has some resemblance to Tengwar,
> especially as far as the consonant patterns and the vowel carrier is
> concerned.  Rest assured, though, that I devised my script before I
> (consciously?) came into contact with Tengwar.  I used to call the vowel
> carrier the void consonant then.  =P
I still call mine the 'null consonant' sometimes (but mostly when it
makes a consonant sound (wicked grin)).  About the script's resemblance
to Tengwar, worry not.  Eviendahail's new script resembles it even more,
and this is partly conscious.  Mostly, however, I was attempting to
imitate a Carolinian latin script example I saw once.
>
> Anyway, has anybody else given thought to the representation of foreign
> languages in your conscripts?
I do this all the time, especially with proper names.  Unfortunately,
Eviendadhail's old pseudo-syllabic script made this very hard.
Essentially, each character was made of two consonant symbols, one
standing for the initial consonant cluster and one for the final.
However, the symbols can mean different things in different positions.
Thus, it is impossible, in that script, to begin a syllable with /g/ or
end one with /k/.
However, the newer script is much more alphabetic.  In the new script,
it is possible to write just about any combination of sounds that there
are symbols for.  However, most Cadhrerail would break their tongues
trying to say something like 'fifth' or 'grain'.
-M
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> -- Christian Thalmann