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Hawturnan Alphabet (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 5 days ago by Kasane_Teto@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linguistics@mander.xyz

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Is this some attested script used by some RL community? Or is this something you created?

If it's the later, you're probably better off sharing it in !conscripts@slrpnk.net or !neography@lemmy.world, or checking with the !conlangs@mander.xyz moderators if it fits there. This comm here is about the science of language - what we see in the world. Sure, sometimes we get creative with it, but that's already beyond the science, you know?

(Even if it's the later I'm not removing it though. It's technically off-topic but... meh, rule #5 applies.)

[–] Kasane_Teto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

oh srry, it is the latter

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ah, that's OK.

It's an unholy concoction, like you said, but still an interesting one.

⟨φ θ χ⟩ are getting the same values as in Ancient Greek, but for the sake of Kurdish, right? I like it.

I'd suggest you to focus more on contrasts than the raw phonetic values. For example, no language in the set contrasts [y] (Turkish only) with [ʉ:] (Xwarîn Kurdish only), so representing both by the same letter would be harmless. (They're kind of close anyway.) This might help to tidy the alphabet a bit.

[–] Kasane_Teto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago

oh thanks

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

As a German, ä if off putting to me but else I like it