Re: Scripts

Despite the fact that it's not supposed to be a written language, Omeina is
written in a syllabary, which is quite convenient, as it has fairly regular
syllabification. Even so, some diacritics are used to represent
often-occurring patterns (initial vowel sound, nasal+following consonant,
liquid+following consonant, etc).
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher B Wright" <faceloran@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 2:10 AM
Subject: Scripts



> 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.
> Eventually, perhaps in a century or three, the Ifenians will get angry
> enough to separate it into two consonants. I omit the null consonant in
> transliteration but leave the /h/ to make it clearer. Otherwise, it could
> be /aui/ or /hahuhi/.
>
> Perhaps the ancient Sturnan didn't have /h/ at all and inserted it
> recently. That's much more likely than a lot of /h/'s disappearing
> recently.
>
> Hoping to flesh out his languages considerably, work on an unrelated
> newsletter a lot, make a website, manage two PBeM's (fortunately, both
> are small; unfortunately, I'm the only one in the first), keep up with
> schoolwork, and keep up with the conlang list,
> Chris Wright