My latest submission to Omniglot.

My latest submission to Omniglot.
It has not been poted yet, I think perhaps it will be up by this Sunday, but I thought I would post a sneak preview. It's the la-*test*-('") revision of Eshta for Ilya.

Notable features · The Eshta alphabet is written from left to right in horizontal lines. · It is named for the first two characters in the alphabet, esh and ta. · Each letter has an Ilya name usually corresponding to a word or idea that it represents. · The Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin writing systems inspired Eshta. · The Eshta alphabet contains 20 letters. · In theory the script could be adapted to write English, as well as many other languages. Eshta alphabet

Notes · The ua is pronounced and the yad as when they begin a word or precede another vowel. · The four diacritics in Eshta are called al nuqta and are explained in the above image. · Eshta contains 20 letters (including ligatures), and 4 diacritics. · There are there three types of letters in Eshta; standing, sitting and falling, referred to as etra, jala and kadra respectively in the Ilya Tamek language. · The etra letters include; ta, alha, dal, lam, ba, and alem. · The jala letters include; esh, nun, ra, samek, ha, mem, yad, and ka. · The kadra letters include; gemla, ua, jim, qub, shin, and za. · There are many ways to write Eshta so that it is easily understood, many of the letters may be joined as in a cursive style. The possibilities and exclusions are too numerous to name or chart. Sample text in Eshta

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. Audio 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) I appreciate any and all constructive comments and criticism.

Cuniformy :) I like this script. It looks like it would easily migrate to type. I like the categories of glyph, it seems natural-asian ;) And I always love the audio clips.

Cuniformy :) I like this script. It looks like it would easily migrate to type. I like the categories of glyph, it seems natural-asian ;) And I always love the audio clips. Thanks, I stole the categorization idea from Arabic sun and moon letters. and I have had several versions of the script commented on that they would be both extremely legible in type, and blind-readable.

I like the categories of glyphI stole the categorization idea from Arabic sun and moon letters.This isn't the only thing about it I like or find interesting, but I'd especially like you to comment on this. How are they like Arabic's sun-letters and moon-letters? Assume I'd never heard of moon-letters, and didn't understand what I'd heard about sun-letters. Also, what effects do the categories have? Are there particular pairs of categories, such as standing followed by lying or lying followed by standing, that require special care in cursive, or that even aren't permitted in cursive (requiring the writer to lift his pen or pencil or brush or whatever)? Or is there some phonological or orthographical way to avoid going straight from lying to standing without sitting in between? Anyway it looks very readable.

How are they like Arabic's sun-letters and moon-letters? They aren't, but the Arabic script has categories, and I stole the idea form there. Assume I'd never heard of moon-letters, and didn't understand what I'd heard about sun-letters. Well, if you have, heard of them, and know what they are, what good would it do for me to explain them to you? Also, what effects do the categories have? Mainly on diacritical markings, but there are so many exceptions that it's almost pointless to have the rules at all, I just think it's neat to categorize the glyphs.

I can't really say too much, just that I really like it. It's simple and elegant in design ; what type of tool is Eshta written with?

I can't really say too much, just that I really like it. It's simple and elegant in design ; what type of tool is Eshta written with? Something like a qalam. It could also be written with many different tools and the script still be legible.

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/eshta.htm Simon added it this morning.

Assume I'd never heard of moon-letters, and didn't understand what I'd heard about sun-letters. Well, if you have, heard of them, and know what they are, what good would it do for me to explain them to you? well, if nothing else, it would educate those of us who don't know what they are.

Well, if nothing else, it would educate those of us who don't know what they are. Then I recommend you read this article, as my explanation would be cursory at best.

http://wiki.frath.net/Ecta As you can see, Ecta has undergone a major revision.

I like the newer version, but do all of the right angles hold up under repeated handwriting? I would expect a lot of them to mutate into curves.

I like the newer version, but do all of the right angles hold up under repeated handwriting? I would expect a lot of them to mutate into curves. Well, yes they do, curve, that is. I had in mind at one time to use a more curvy version, similar to what is seen here, but I haven't had the time or the motivation to work with my pen and scanner to put it together in a comprehensive way.

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