Re: Scripts

* Christopher B Wright said on 2002-02-21 03:10:47 +0100
> How many of you have scripts?
Several

> 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?
Diphthongs in one (horisontal) is shown by a line going above the
vowels in it:

-\/-
aiaiai

Ancient, badly updated page:
http://taliesin.nvg.org/taruven/symbols.html

(falling, rising, two vowels with hiatus)

In the other (cursive vertical), the block of vowel + vowel leaves
the main area and runs parallelly with it:

/-ai
+-----+ai
  ai-/

- or - a line to the right for falling, line to the left for rising:
(if I remember correctly)

__
aiaiai
  --

Similarly ancient, needs updating:
http://taliesin.nvg.org/taruven/sketches/cursive.html

A third (vertical non-cursive) lacks diphthongs :)
http://taliesin.nvg.org/conlang/others/burra-script.giF


t., who needs to reaquire the scanner or get a digital camera