> 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 script appears at first glance to be a kind of Aramaic script or
> related to Arabic. However, i did not just pull letters from Aramaic,
> or Arabic, or Mandaic, i simply took inspiration from letter forms in
> all of those scripts (and yes i've taken some of the forms, but others
> are mine). It is not at all an abugida, it is a pure alphabet, and it
> also is written from left to right, rather than right to left.
>
> I haven't got a conlang to go with it, and i often will write short
> words or phrases from other languages in it (Spanish and Tagalog work
> well with it). Overall i've kept it fairly simple. No major irregular
> forms (actually, most of the glyphs keep their exact form whether
> initial, medial, final, or alone). The sound inventory isn't highly
> unusual or very unique (but i prefer simple sounds, and don't have
> much passion for "exotic" (according to what I speak) sounds.
>
> 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
Superbly beautiful!
Greetings,
Jörg.