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Neqitan- 08-15-2008

Really? So, why do we call Latin Vulgate a dead tongue? I've never seen a dead tongue to include new terms... Maybe we should check the list of dead tongues and see if this is the only exception to the rule. Vulgar Latin is dead, but it branched in the Romance languages. So you and me speak a descendant of Vulgar Latin. And that organization works on Classical Latin or whatever you call it. We could say that it's an expansion of its vocabulary mainly. I'm trying to search the organization's web page but I don't remember it... :?

kyonides- 08-15-2008

Maybe we could send them a few suggestions to include in their Classical Latin vocabulary he he he. No, really, is the squiggle or flag diacritic the only thing you may like to criticize? Isn't there anything else? Well, I wouldn't blame you all after I determined that I wouldn't change that and some other features. Who doesn't like to add weird oddities to their conlang or conscript or even his or her conworld? It's obvious that I still need to create more glyphs, but I really thought you were about to comment something about the S glyph. Well, I was wrong after all. Anyway, I still need to develop a conscript to be used by Alirdysnam and Laysnam on a daily basis. I never imagined I'd start with something like an abugida he he he.

kyonides- 08-19-2008

Today I'd like to show you the Kexyana alphabet, not the abugida-like conscript, but a real conscript alphabet. The characters aren't sorted... I just forgot to sort it, he he he. NEW Alphabet! Flag Abugida - Alphabet

Alonocus- 08-19-2008

Today I'd like to show you the Kexyana alphabet, not the abugida-like conscript, but a real conscript alphabet. The characters aren't sorted... I just forgot to sort it, he he he. NEW Alphabet! The glyphs 's', 'sh', and 'z' seem inconsistent with the rest. They're too styled. If you could simplify them to resemble the other glyphs in style, you just might be on the way to a really good conscript.

kyonides- 08-19-2008

I guess you can imagine what I'd say next... Even so, there is a historical background, they're borrowed from the ancient script I was designing a few days earlier. They are supposed not to look similar in style. I think that an adult Alirdysnam or Laysnam may be able to use this script on a daily basis, but I guess it wouldn't be useful as a script for quick notes. Children may not be able to draw all of them, so it's possible that they'll develop another script for younger people.. man, that sounds pretty much like Japanese katakana or maybe hiragana, too... It's hard to create a script anyway, he he he. (The weirdest part is that I don't know how I could create this one on just a few days...)

Alonocus- 08-19-2008

I guess you can imagine what I'd say next... No I can't. Even so, there is a historical background, they're borrowed from the ancient script I was designing a few days earlier. They are supposed not to look similar in style. That may be, but I'll explain what I mean. Those three glyphs do not look as though they don't look as they belong in that script. If you could write those glyphs in the style of the rest of the script then they'd suit, otherwise it looks as though you've bashed a couple of ideas together that don't come from the same brain. I think that an adult Alirdysnam or Laysnam may be able to use this script on a daily basis, but I guess it wouldn't be useful as a script for quick notes. Children may not be able to draw all of them, so it's possible that they'll develop another script for younger people.. man, that sounds pretty much like Japanese katakana or maybe hiragana, too... If you mean that they'll be using two scripts for different things day to day, then yes. Couldn't you keep one script as a religious script, or a seal script? Like Javanese have only scholars know how to write the script? It's hard to create a script anyway, he he he. (The weirdest part is that I don't know how I could create this one on just a few days...) If you get stuck doodle or flick through random pictures. ------ On another note, can I just ask how this script is an abugida? There's no diacritics. And how does the Kexye flag spell Kexye. i can see the K and then some squiggles. Could you explain, please?

kyonides- 08-21-2008

mmm as a religious script? No, I can't, there's no religion (or no one thinks it'd be convenient to tell someone else that they practice any...) That's why I thought there should be another script for the younger people. Adults may use it as the default script for documents, especially official documents of both kingdoms

Alonocus- 08-22-2008

mmm as a religious script? No, I can't, there's no religion (or no one thinks it'd be convenient to tell someone else that they practice any...) That's why I thought there should be another script for the younger people. Adults may use it as the default script for documents, especially official documents of both kingdoms I like that idea. Maturity through writing. Would the writing systems remain the same, or would their be a different system? Would their be any difference in spelling if the writing system was the same? Would the young script be purely phonetic and easier to spell, and the adult script have some useless letters?

Neqitan- 08-27-2008

I just found the Roman Catholic Church organization that officially adds new words to Latin. It's called Opus Fundatum Latinitas. In their dictionary of recent terms, one can find the Latin for "Apartheid" (segregátio nigritarum) "Blue Jeans" (bracae línteae caerúleae) or "Fork" (fúrcula), or even "Airport" (eliporto)!

kyonides- 08-27-2008

eh, please focus on the topic, Neqitan, I'm trying to see if I really need a second script for children or just for quick notes... I guess...

oxlahun- 08-27-2008

The serif-like features in l, h, j, and x don't distinguish those glyphs from anything else, and are the sorts of things that might be dropped in casual handwritten use (unless there's some significance to them that I don't understand without knowing the cultural history). Other than that, I don't see why a separate script would be necessary. The characters are less complex than some "real" scripts that children actually learn.

kyonides- 08-27-2008

I could say that those serifs may be dropped because they're just a style, not an important part of communication. I mean, an Arial-like font type would omit them.

oxlahun- 08-27-2008

The serifs on those four stand out because none of the other glyphs have them, much like other commenters noticing s, sh, and z as somehow different because they have variable-width strokes (calligraphic pen), while everything else is constant-width (ball-point pen). I think it's a great set if the only thing we're noticing is that you've (apparently) used 3 different fonts to make your sample. :)

kyonides- 08-27-2008

I think it's a great set if the only thing we're noticing is that you've (apparently) used 3 different fonts to make your sample. Apparently? No, it's not the case here. I may have used some "constant width" strokes while drawing the s and its derived glyphs, but I preferred to use or include some "loan glyphs" instead. I still need to develop the "ancient" or "elitist" conscript.

Sano- 08-29-2008

Write down your glyphs on paper. Do the glyphs s,sh, and z look the same? Or do they look similar to the other glyphs. Those glyphs are stylized to another character set, they've just been dragged over and have not been refined to fit in with the other chs#aracters. Please read the guidelines. DO NOT USE THE QUICK REPLY.

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