Ekteka (Nãwe writing)
Since I had promised Sano I would post my Conlang's writing system max at the end of the month, here it is in raw form :
The alphabet :
The actual use of the symbols will vary in size and shape, depending on their sound and position in the character. Each larger character is generally monosyllabic or at most, disyllabic. Each of these larger characters are composed of smaller alphabetical symbols which are generally stacked vertically, at the exception of a few such as <t k l>.
Vowels :
/a/ <a>
/e/~/E/~/I/ <e>
/o/~/7/ <o>
/a~/ <ã>
/e~/ <ẽ>
(/o~/ <õ>)
Consonants :
/k/, /k_}/ <k> - syllable initial and final
/ts)/ , /t_}/ <t> - syllable initial and final
/n/ <n> - syllable initial and final
/dz)/ <z>
/w/~/M\/<w>
/m/ <m> - syllable initial and final
/g/~/G/ <g>
/p/~/b/ <p>
/l/ <l>
/N/ <ng> - syllable final only
Both consonant and vowel length is indicated by duplicating the letter (in romanization*), so that 'aa' is pronounced /a:/.
(*For ekteka : Long consonants are marked by the last consonant in the previous character, and the first in the following character.)
Syllable and word structure
Syllables can generally be defined as (C)V(F), that is consonant-vowel-final consonant. All consonants occur in initial position at the exception of <ŋ>. Final consonants include all nasal consonants, and consonants with no audible release, such as <p t k>. Vowels generally represent the nucleus of syllables: they may either be short or long, with a maximum of 3 vowels in a row.
Word structure generally allows up to 3 syllables, whereas monosyllabic and disyllabic syllables are the most common. The only restriction is that a syllable with a final consonant, must be followed by an initial consonant in the following syllable. This leads to consonant assimilation for <p t> when placed before their nasal counterparts <m n>, and for <p k> when placed after their nasal counterparts <m ng>. So that <nengkat> (highland) is pronounced .
Stress
Stress is not phonemic in Nãwe. However, it can occur to emphasize one or more words, but it usually accompanied with intonation. Stress can be characterized by raising vowel height, so that <e> would become , <o> becomes , etc.
Samples (from earlier works) :
The alphabet actually arose from pictograms, which were later simplified and began the block-style alphabet. These pictograms still make up for a fair part of words, whereas their pronunciation corresponds to the actual symbol. Here are some examples with corresponding pictures :
I prefer handwritten, since things flow better because I don't keep the squareness as much, and because the characters don't look so junky, but this version is cleaner to present :P
Since I had promised Sano I would post my Conlang's writing system max at the end of the month, here it is in raw form
The actual use of the symbols will vary in size and shape, depending on their sound and position in the character. Each larger character is generally monosyllabic or at most, disyllabic. Each of these larger characters are composed of smaller alphabetical symbols which are generally stacked vertically, at the exception of a few such as <t k l>.
Vowels :
/a/ <a>
/e/~/E/~/I/ <e>
/o/~/7/ <o>
/a~/ <ã>
/e~/ <ẽ>
(/o~/ <õ>)
Consonants :
/k/, /k_}/ <k> - syllable initial and final
/ts)/
The alphabet actually arose from pictograms, which were later simplified and began the block-style alphabet. These pictograms still make up for a fair part of words, whereas their pronunciation corresponds to the actual symbol. Here are some examples with corresponding pictures :
I prefer handwritten, since things flow better because I don't keep the squareness as much, and because the characters don't look so junky, but this version is cleaner to present :P