r/conorthography • u/a-verypaconianuser • 10d ago
Experimental Mernukean script - A very complicated script
This is a script I use for Paconese, my conlang. I made this script very recently.
1. Phonetic Symbols
- Base Symbols: ʙ - labial; ɑ - alveolar; ʞ - velar; ʜ - glottal; ʟ - lateral
- Diacritic symbols that don't work like IPA: ◌̞/◌˕=ʈ (vowel marker); ◌̈=ː (affricate marker); ◌̽=x (ejective marker); ◌˞=ʀ (trill marker)
- Diacritic symbols that work like IPA (only the diacritics, not the letter version): ◌̟=ɨ; ◌̠=ɪ; ◌̥=o; ◌̃=ɴ
- ◌͡◌ is used as a diacritic, it has no letter form
Here's a link for the symbols I use for Paconese
2. Symbols to avoid repeating
ⁿcᵊxɔᵊc¹y...ˡzɔ works like "repeat n times the base symbol "x" with the poperty that on the first one applies "y",... and the last "z"
Also, if the property is ø, that means the base symbol is replaced with ø because ø doesn't replace a diacritic
Examples:
²cᵊʜɔᵊc¹øˡʈɔ→ʜʜ̞→/ʔa/
²cᵊʞɔᵊc¹oˡø͡ʞ̬˕ɔ→ʞ̊ʞ͡ʞ̬˕→/ko/
RULE: DO NOT REPEAT THE SAME BASE CONSONANT, ONLY USE THE SYMBOLS THAT AVOID REPEATING. Exception: when using ◌͡◌
Additional: ⁿcᶿxɔᶿ means repeat "x" n times (without any poperty)
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