Re: Shukaraz - new script
From: | Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> |
Date: | Monday, July 12, 2004, 14:13 |
Barry Garcia wrote:
> So, i've got another conscript (or Neography as they're called at
> langmaker.com) ready to show. This one i've worked at getting the
> aesthetics right *for me*. I've called it "Shukaraz" as a tentative
> name (which may stick) because i particularly like the sound
> (/Su'karaz/) and i like how it looks written out in the script (and
> yes, the name is supposed to sound vaguely Semitic).
>
> The image link below shows the script. In the script you'll see in
> columns each of the letter forms: unconnected, initial, medial, final.
>
http://home.csumb.edu/g/garciabarry/world/language/scripts/shukaraz.jpg
Very nice; very Arabic looking. Seeing the written form "shukaraz" it
certainly looks as if it should be read right to left!! I wonder how that
would (could?) actually be read in Arabic or whatever.???