Nasqi Syllabary
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I've been playing around with the syllabary idea (actually an abugida, I think). This is the current version:
The orthographic values shown (upper case here) are prior to most of the phonetic changes -- all those except coda consonant + /l/, I think.
The special symbols (under 3rd) occur only before /l/.
The letters are the ones bearing the closest resemblance to the actual glyph.
Edit: I forgot this part: there are special glyphs for KO, BO, and LO instead of the base symbol + 2nd diacritic; these are represented by K, B, and L, respectively in the table. The actual glyphs are like the base symbols, but with a loop at the top. (Also note, current music as of time of edit!)
There are some things that need to be greatly improved if I actually want to use this.
- 16 basic symbols by themselves,
- 16 basic symbols + 2 diacritics,
- 4 additional symbols in lieu of basic symbols + 3rd diacritic
- punctuation (word separator, sentence terminator, perhaps notations for extra emphasis (on a particular word), whispering, shouting etc.)
The orthographic values shown (upper case here) are prior to most of the phonetic changes -- all those except coda consonant + /l/, I think.
The special symbols (under 3rd) occur only before /l/.
The letters are the ones bearing the closest resemblance to the actual glyph.
none | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | F | v | PI | v" | PU | v` | P | f |
2 | PA | p | PE | p" | PO | p` | ||
3 | Z | z | TI | z" | TU | z` | ||
4 | TA | t | TE | t" | TO | t` | ||
5 | X | e | KI | e" | KU | e` | K | w |
6 | KA | k | KE | k" | KO | K | ||
7 | S | s | HI | s" | HU | s` | ||
8 | HA | o | HE | o" | HO | o` | ||
A | I | U | ||||||
9 | N | n | BI | n" | BU | n` | MB | m |
10 | BA | b | BE | b" | BO | B | ||
11 | R | r | DI | r" | DU | r` | ||
12 | DA | d | DE | d" | DO | d` | ||
13 | Q | j | GI | j" | GU | j` | NG | g |
14 | GA | q | GE | q" | GO | q` | ||
15 | L | y | LI | y" | LU | y` | ||
16 | LA | l | LE | l" | LO | L |
Edit: I forgot this part: there are special glyphs for KO, BO, and LO instead of the base symbol + 2nd diacritic; these are represented by K, B, and L, respectively in the table. The actual glyphs are like the base symbols, but with a loop at the top. (Also note, current music as of time of edit!)
There are some things that need to be greatly improved if I actually want to use this.