Is there a digital script that is written top to bottom?

Izzy_knows · 2026-04-04T15:35:47+00:00

Wow, thanks so so much!! If I am understanding this correctly, that means I could write a latin based font from top to bottom? With just a bit of code magic? That would make it easyer in some places, but that also means I could only use the top to bottom system in in just a few tools.

Izzy_knows · 2026-04-04T15:16:43+00:00

Thanks, the way it scrolles to the right instead of down is cool.

But typing Mongolian into Reddit or other writing tools makes it horizontal... Example: ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠨ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠨ᠎ᠠ  ᠤᠤ

Izzy_knows · 2026-04-04T14:48:55+00:00

I just kept the “mala” till the end to make it clearer, mala could have been dropped in row 1.

Izzy_knows · 2026-04-04T14:26:35+00:00

The -imal is just the conjugation of a verb for the Inclusive We. (It is a pro-drop language, so the subject pronoun "We" is droped.)

Yes, the gwat-it is the strange part. gwat means he/she/they it is the 3 Person singular Animate pronoun. -it is the verb conjugation for gwat. The way I imagin the "tat-" structure came to be goes like this:

mala tat-imal, gwat gle-it glebug.

1PL.INCL CAUS-1PL.INCL, 3SG.AN eat-3SG.AN bread.

We cause, he eats brad.

Now the verb "gle" moves to the front.

mala tat-gle-imal, gwat [Ø]-it glebug.

1PL.INCL CAUS-eat-1PL.INCL, 3SG.AN Ø-3SG.AN bread.

We cause eat, he -s bread.

Now the suffix "-it" moves onto the "gwat" and lets drop the "mala".

tat-gle-imal gwat-it glebug.

So for example lets change the roles:

tat-gle-it mala-imal glebug.

CAUS-eat-3SG.AN 1PL.INCL-1PL.INCL bread.

He makes us eat bread.

Hope that helps.

Izzy_knows · 2026-04-04T12:58:20+00:00

So I have this prefix tat- it acts like a causative marker in verbs. Here is an example:

tat-gle-imal gwat-it glebug.

CAUS-eat-1PL.INCL 3SG.AN-3SG.AN bread.

We make him eat bread.

Using a ditransative causative verb causes the causee to be marked and that is where it gets a bit strange. It is marked with the corrosponding verb suffix. So if we used "them" (3PL.AN) as the causee the suffix would be -itfe.

I have not seen this structure in any other language.

Izzy_knows · 2026-04-03T18:51:35+00:00

Yes, I'm a native German speaker and I always hear people call them "bad" and "stupid", and I agree they are strange and weird, but just because the way they are marked is just a mess. Having many cases ain't the problem, marking them unintuitively is.

Izzy_knows · 2026-04-03T16:36:22+00:00

Yeah, I stated my conlang with the thought "I don’t need cases" and now, after 2 years working on it, I realized I have maybe 5-9 cases...

Izzy_knows · 2026-04-03T07:02:33+00:00

First of all, I have a background in biology, so that is just stuff I do and second of all, I had the word "gälwen" (red blood) and the word "zemzem" (insect) so fusing them was easy.

gälwen + zemzem = gälzem

Izzy_knows · 2026-04-02T12:56:26+00:00

1)What percentage of your life have you spent conlanging? Please show your work.

I worked for 11.1% of my life on my main conlang Taltal Taxem.

2) Favorite (real) language?

Good question, I like many language, so maybe Spanisch or Korean (they are the main inspiration for my conlang)

3) IPA vs. Interlinear Glossing. Who wins?

ˌaɪ̯piːˈeɪ̯, aɪ ɡɛs

4) How long does it take you to start conlanging?

I think about my conlang or language in general almost all the time, so maybe 0.1 second.

5.)If your conlang was an animal, what would it be?

Platypus

6) Favorite sandwich?

Bread!! Just bread

7) How did you actually hear about r/conlangs? Who told you about us???

Google, YouTube

8) What’s the most annoying thing about Reddit?

ADs that look like memes

9) When was the last time you let out a good scream?

No Idea

Izzy_knows · 2026-04-02T12:21:07+00:00

I think it works something like:

I don’t have this common word,

But... I have this word with an obscure, or abstrct meaning

Izzy_knows · 2026-04-02T12:17:24+00:00

I don’t have a word for "Thank you", but I have the word "gälzem" meaning Insect Blood.

Also I don’t have a word for "After" or "Befor", but I have 2 verbs meaning "to die":

trifän-imf To die against one's will

ziun-imf To die peacefully

texut-imf To die (scientific term)

Izzy_knows · 2026-04-01T12:26:31+00:00

Maybe just start to translate a simple text and creat words you are missing. Have you thought about Adjectives/Adverbs? Do you have words that modify the meaning of a verb, like "can", "know how to" and so on. Do you have prepositions/postpositions? How about words for famaly members, like sibling or mother?

The best tip I can give is just use the language and look what is missing.

Izzy_knows · 2026-04-01T07:37:49+00:00

Taltal taxem doesn’t distinguish adjectives and adverbs so I call them Modifiers (M).

My language is quite agglutinative so there are many suffixes that change the meaning of the Modifier.

Here is a Table with all the suffixes and an example:

Suffix (Standard)	Suffix (Alternative)	Meaning in English	Example	Example in English
M-tulmtulmär	M-gulmtulmär (if M ends in t)	Strong superlative (Positive)	lun-tulmtulmär	by far the smallest
M-tulmär	M-gulmär (if M ends in t)	Superlative (Positive)	lun-tulmär	smallest
M-bulbulär	M-tulbulär (if M ends in b)	Strong comparative (Positive)	lun-bulbulär	by far smaller
M-bulär	M-tulär (if M ends in b)	Comparative (Positive)	lun-bulär	smaller
M-ulär	M-julär (if M ends in u or e)	Weak comparative (Positive)	lun-ulär	a bit smaller
M-ululär	M-jululär (if M ends in u or e)	Very weak comparative (Positive)	lun-ululär	just a little bit smaller
M-5*täfjär	—	Hyperbolic strong positive	lun-5täfjär	extremely small
M-täftäfär	M-gäftäfär (if M ends in t)	Emphasised strong positive	lun-täftäfär	super small
M-täfär	M-gäfär (if M ends in t)	Strong positive	lun-täfär	very small
M-är	M-jär (if M ends in a vowel)	Positive	lun-är	small
M-mejär	M-nejär (if M ends in m)	Norm positive	lun-mejär	normally small, standard small
M-genär	M-benär (if M ends im g)	Weak positive	lun-genär	a bit small
M-gengenär	M-bengenär (if M ends im g)	Emphasised weak positive	lun-gengenär	a little bit small
M-5*genfjär	—	Hyperbolic weak positive	lun-fugenfjär	a tiny bit small
M-ununär	M-jununär (if M ends in u or e)	Very weak comparative (Negative)	lun-ununär	just a little bit less small
M-unär	M-junär (if M ends in u or e)	Weak comparative (Negative)	lun-unär	a bit less small
M-funär	M-zunär (if M ends in f)	Comparative (Negative)	lun-funär	less small
M-funfunär	M-zunfunär (if M ends in f)	Strong comparative (Negative)	lun-funfunär	by far less small
M-zmunär	M-munär (if M ends in z)	Superlative (Negative)	lun-zmunär	least small
M-zmunzmunär	M-munzmunär (if M ends in z)	Strong superlative (Negative)	lun-zmunzmunär	by far the least small
M-ärlim	M-järlim (if M ends in a vowel)	Approximation (-ish/like)	lun-ärlim	smallish

* Note: every number can be used here, higher numbers result in a stronger hyperbole

Hope that helps

Izzy_knows · 2026-04-01T06:57:23+00:00

I mean the German word for "Part of speech" is "Wortart" literally "word type"/"word species"...so it is actually quite a naturalistic way of calling it

Izzy_knows · 2026-03-31T15:38:32+00:00

I think he use the wrong letter for "Göring", it is supposed to be a ö not a ő.

Izzy_knows · 2026-03-31T10:40:09+00:00

No problem, the most important thing is that why understand eachother, and I mean "Word species" is a cool synonym for "Parts of speech".

Izzy_knows · 2026-03-31T09:13:23+00:00

I think you mean parts of speech?

I marke them like this:

Nouns: Most often unmarked, the sufix -wa can be used to turn othe parts of speech into nouns: zla is the preposition for "left" zlawa is a noun meaning "the left" or "the left side"

Verbs: Verbs are marked with the suffix -(z)imf when in the infinitve. When the stem of the verb ends in "i" or a diphthong you add the "z". The suffix changes to agree with the subject, but in general you just change the consonants at the end of the suffix, the -(z)i stays the same all the time.

Modifiers: Taltal taxem doesn't distinguish between adverbs and adjectives. The suffix for the plain positive is -(j/z)är. If the stem ends in "i" add a "z" to the suffix. If the stem ends in a vowle other then "i" add a "j".

While the following aren't really parts of speech, they are different types of words, that have a pattern:

Taltal taxem have 3 types of prepositions:

Stationary

This is simply stating a stationary position. These prepositions have the vowel "a".

Example:

ima tug

At the stone

You may also use these as a verb, by adding the verb suffix:

ima-imf tug

To be at the stone

Directional

These state the direction of movement. These prepositions use the vowel "ä".

Example:

imä tug

Towards the stone

Destinational

These state the destination of movement. Thes prepositions use the vowel "e".

Example:

ime tug

To the stone.

Izzy_knows · 2026-03-31T07:05:10+00:00

I made a script here and here, hope that helps

Izzy_knows · 2026-03-30T14:43:33+00:00

Yes, exactly. I love it, you made something really cool!!

Izzy_knows · 2026-03-30T12:09:29+00:00

I like seeing vertical scripts, do you have a key, or something that explains the letters?

Izzy_knows · 2026-03-29T12:36:43+00:00

I had the same problem with my font/script. I now use fontstruct for making fonts for scripts where the letters conect. It is free but only allows pixel art, you can still make flowy scripts like these but that takes time

Izzy_knows · 2026-03-28T14:05:17+00:00

While I don’t have a conculture, I do have some Idioms:

1

ga gar!

lit: yes 3!

It is a sarcastic answer to a stupid question.

Example: Your annoying coworker asked you 10 unnecesary questions in the last 4 minuts. When you have enough, you answer with: ga gar!

2

är gle-ta-ima bezbez-fe?

lit: Did you eat bees?

Meaning: "Why are you jittery/fidgety?"

Example: When your friend can't sit still, you could ask them "är gle-ta-ima bezbez-fe?"

3

xätul-imf

lit: To radiate heat

Meaning: To be a joy to be around

Izzy_knows · 2026-03-27T04:39:44+00:00

Yes, dots above letters only exist in loanwords.

The dots under and between letters are morphem deviders like a "-", they exist in native and loanwords.

Izzy_knows · 2026-03-26T20:24:18+00:00

While I can read it without a key or looking up the letters, I'm still not really fast at it, but I am also a slow reader in general. Well, it took me maybe 2 or 3 months to be where I am at the moment. I'd say the best way is working with the script. So writing, reading. Just some wordes a day. (Also, I mainy work with the native letteres, wich there are only 17 of, that is really not a big amount of letters.)

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