Re: Scripts

On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 09:10:47PM -0500, Christopher B Wright wrote:
> Just wanted to ask a few questions?
>
> How many of you have scripts?
*raises hand*

> How many of you use diacriticals as vowels in your scripts?
*raises hand*

> 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 don't have diphthongs in my conlang. It is a strict CVCV...CV(C)
structure. Long vowels (syllables) are marked by a hook (somewhat like an
apostrophe, but it's distinctively hooked).

> I'm asking because I just took the script for Sturnan out of the bottom
> of a pile of schoolwork and started transliterating some stuff into it. I
> had to insert a null consonant for this very reason and decided to make
> it stand for /h/ as well, making it a bit hard to distinguish.
[snip]

My conlang uses ligatures to indicate word boundaries, sentence
boundaries, and "rough" and "smooth" vowels. It does get quite unwieldy
(and unsightly) with all kinds of awkward ligatures dangling around, so
I'm still thinking of reworking it. But I think I'll still keep the basic
idea.


T

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