Eshtani

Eshtani
I was messin' around and reassigned the values of Ajan for Ilya. This is what I came up with:

The sample (vowels marked):

Vowels unmarked:

Transliteration: Kulu arenat udahum alebra ma egal mit igen ma dokenat. Sarum ba diyohum mit raju ma orodum ma sha shomak a arum mit el zenra do ishidu. Translation: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) It can be written horizontally too.

Cool. Looks like DNA. However, it seems short on syllables.

Cool. Looks like DNA. However, it seems short on syllables. I'm sorry, what do you mean "short on syllables"?

Well, it looks like there are 23 accepted syllables. That's not a lot, at leat in my oppinion. It would have to extremely agglutinating and the translation doesn't seem to indicate that.

Well, it looks like there are 23 accepted syllables. That's not a lot, at least in my opinion. It would have to extremely agglutinating and the translation doesn't seem to indicate that. Um, are you looking at the names of the glyphs? Esh, ta, nun, ra....those are the names of the letters, haha, that just tells me you didn't really look at the links...heh

I don't see the 23 syllables? From my understanding, it's either an alphabet or an abjad, so a (C)V(C) constraint (afaik) should allow far more syllables no? - EDIT: Sano posted before me :S Anyhow, it looks nice. It took me a while to be able to differenciate how the glyphs were positioned. Is there any reason you add a final \ or / on some words, and not on others?

Anyhow, it looks nice. It took me a while to be able to differenciate how the glyphs were positioned. Is there any reason you add a final \ or / on some words, and not on others? They mark an initial or final vowel.

They mark an initial or final vowel. Oh ok, I was going to say that it doesn't make sense if you place it at the end in words like <kulu>, because it sounds redundant marking the vowel twice, but now that I think of it, it makes more sense if you're using the version with unmarked vowels, so it can differenciate between the final consonant and final syllable. Would be interesting to see an ink calligraphy of this.

Would be interesting to see an ink calligraphy of this. Agree :)

Ahh... I get it now. Wait, does that mean this is another ortagraphy or Ilya?

Ahh... I get it now. Wait, does that mean this is another ortagraphy or Ilya? I'm not sure what an ortagraphy is, but did you look at the links in the initial post?

Its ok to be snide about information someone should have paid attention to, but don't get snippy about typos, Sano, it makes you sound like a Zbber. :)

Its ok to be snide about information someone should have paid attention to, but don't get snippy about typos, Sano, it makes you sound like a Zbber. :) Just having you notice makes it all worthwhile...I meant it in the most jesting way possible. ;)

I'm not sure what an ortagraphy is I kind of wonder where I got that from. I meant orthography. but did you look at the links in the initial post Initially, I skimmed through them incredibly briefly. The second time I skimmed through them again. This time, after reading the link on Ilya, I think the answer is use. Both transliterations are the same. So the answer is yes. Is Ajan based after something?

Is Ajan based after something? No...I created Ajan at work one day, ~4 years ago, it took me that long to get it into a workable format. At one point it had ~22-25 glyphs, but many of them didn't work with the idea of connecting them in a "cursive" way.

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