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Lautopaei conscript

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Here is my first try at a conscript. It has been designed for Lautopaei, a strictly CV conlang with a minimal, polynesian like phonology. Written left to right

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4-qv8 ... HhiVmVIa3M

Critics are most welcome.

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Re: Lautopaei conscript

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is it meant ot look natural? what is it written with?
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zelos wrote:is it meant ot look natural? what is it written with?
Those days mostly with a printing press or even a computer for the high aristocracy. Originally, it was written with a qalam, them with a qalam inspired fountain pen.

It is meant to be realistic as a book or monumental style. The everyday cursive style is more fluid, and is written with a fountain pen or a pencil (made with charcoal mostly)

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Interesting!

It looks like somewhere between N'ko and Syriac. It seems that the letters connect (like in Syriac).
Is that so?

The numbers look Ogham-ish. Hmmmmm!
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Can we see a brief text (e.g. an inscription or suchlike)?
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Lambuzhao wrote:Interesting!

It looks like somewhere between N'ko and Syriac. It seems that the letters connect (like in Syriac).
Is that so?

The numbers look Ogham-ish. Hmmmmm!
[:)]

Can we see a brief text (e.g. an inscription or suchlike)?
Yes, they do connect. Here is a small text

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4-qv8 ... HBLRlBua0k

It reads : Hime te Oleavūli, maeoinu te Falēa'i mī tōvegouinē, which means : Hime te Olea, queen of Falea made me (Hime in Olea-PAST-ACT, queen in Falea, me make-DOWNWARD-PERF)

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Awesome.

Is there a slanted variant? N'ko is oriented just like Lautopaei, but
most Syriac scripts are slanted, like cursive writing. Just wondering.

One thing I noticed is that there are no goofy, oversized, diagonal diasters like the gamal [g] and lamad [l] in the Serto (Syriac) script. Very balanced.
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The "MANIVS ME FEFAKED" ref in the inscription was not missed.
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Well, there are cursive slanted variants used in everyday writing (I need to be better in calligraphy / penmanship before I design them, however).

In fact, I was inspired by Devanagari, which I find esthetically pleasant and tengwar rather than by mid-eastern alphabet I don't know much. In context, the alphabet was designed by the ruling class of an older Empire for a military caste of "barbarian" origin they wanted to keep their language so as to keep them separate from the populace.

Of course, it backfired.

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Typical, eh?
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