Re: Kamakawi Orthography
| From: | David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, March 22, 2008, 0:49 |
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BPJ:
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Ahem, look here too:
<http://wiki.frath.net/Kijeb_writing/syllabary>
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Very nice! Let me ask: How did you create that image? It
seems like I have a hundred different image creation/manipulation
programs, and I have to use them all together to try to
approximate what PC people seem to create with relative ease.
Some correspondences:
-The logogram for "king" is a grammatical glyph for the diminutive
in Kamakawi. (!)
-Kijeb /uns/ = Kamakawi /no/ and /iu/.
-Kijeb /tar/ is close to Kamakawi /fine/, "bat".
-Kijeb /jut/ = Kamakawi "net" (can't remember the word).
-Kijeb /sa/ = Kamakawi /u/.
-Kijeb /sar/ = Kamakawi /to/, "four".
-Kijeb /sus/ = Van Halen's logo. :)
Seriously, though, I'm surprised at how few overlapping
glyphs there are. My favorites are the little man wearing
a hat (/rat/), and the cactus in the desert beneath the
moon (/ran/).
-David
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