Re: Scripts

> How many of you have scripts?
I do.


> How many of you use diacriticals as vowels in your scripts?
I do.  I also have a related alphabet script.  I've made two TrueType
fonts to represent them.  Here are some demo pictures.

Cirnaja Bookhand:
http://catharsis.netpeople.ch/langmaking/nbo.gif
http://catharsis.netpeople.ch/langmaking/nba.gif

Cirnaja Calligraphy:
http://catharsis.netpeople.ch/langmaking/nco.gif
http://catharsis.netpeople.ch/langmaking/nca.gif


> How many of you have null letters (letters that don't represent a sound)
> to deal with the problem of diphthongs / multiple vowels per consonant?
I have a "void consonant" for syllables that begin with a vowel, e.g.
in cea /"se:.a/ "hand", kae /ka:/ "air" (the e is a silent syllable
here...), cenia /s@."ni:.a/ "loneliness".

Diphtongs, however, are realised with glides that count as consonants
in terms of phonology: tjaw /tjaw/ "hunt", ow /ow/ "yes", majre
/"maj.r@/ "tune, melody", cenje /"cEn.j@/ "alone".


> I omit the null consonant in
> transliteration but leave the /h/ to make it clearer. Otherwise, it could
> be /aui/ or /hahuhi/.
Well, naturally evolved writing systems often lose their bijectivity.
Just think of English...  ;-)


-- Christian Thalmann

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