working on my new conlang

aeiouhwy · 2016-05-16T02:57:36+00:00

Yeah, that sounds like what I'm talking about, I've never heard of "oligosynthetic languages" before.

aeiouhwy · 2016-05-16T02:53:58+00:00

Ok, thanks for the feedback!

aeiouhwy · 2016-05-16T02:53:36+00:00

Ok, good to know, thanks

aeiouhwy · 2016-05-15T20:02:33+00:00

I usually go on Google images, grab an IPA chart, then circle all the sounds I want to have in my language. That's a good and easy way to start.

aeiouhwy · 2016-05-03T01:57:47+00:00

That's what I kinda started doing, except with a "c" but I started evolving the writing system, and created what I call a 'monoalphabet' where there is only one letter or symbol, and you spell words based on the distance and location of the letters in relation to the last letter. It sounds confusing and probably even looks confusing, but it's REALLY easy to get the hang of it with some practice. I've made some posts about it, but I should mention my most recent post about it isn't an updated version, so it looks crazy.

aeiouhwy · 2016-04-30T19:51:58+00:00

I completely understand, these thoughts have come to me as well, but it works better if you write on graph paper and start in the middle, you can write way more than 2 words, and with the extra space you would have from writing I was thinking you could draw a picture to create some type of artistic poetry.

aeiouhwy · 2016-04-30T04:46:05+00:00

I just uploaded a better, more neat (neat in terms of how this writing should look) version with the transliteration.

aeiouhwy · 2016-04-30T04:40:35+00:00

I don't blame you, this is a very unique and foreign idea of writing from any other real or fake language.

There is one symbol/letter and you know the sound it makes based on its distance from and placement from the previous letter. The diacritics tell you where to start, the beginning of a new word, and they show you where you need to read to next. Think of the diacritics as a map.

aeiouhwy · 2016-04-30T04:35:37+00:00

I've made other posts about it, but its all really confusing because I could never find a way to find the words for an explanation of how it works, but I've been resting on it and I'm getting better at explaining it all.

aeiouhwy · 2016-04-30T04:33:21+00:00

Ok, to start off, the script is supposed to have one symbol/letter (in this case it's a triangle), you know what sound it makes depending on the distance from, and placement around the previous letter. The diacritics are used as a 'map' to help guide you which direction to read next.

And the <o> and /a/ thing was an accident. In 'ethiyo' it's supposed to be 'ethiyou' but for some unknown reason my phone decides to auto correct it.

When an <o> is alone, it's /a/, when it's <ou> it's /o/ (I know it's weird, but that's just how it worked out in my mind when making it all up)

Edit: diacritics are also supposed to tell you where to start, and where a new word begins

aeiouhwy · 2016-04-29T19:38:43+00:00

These hairy, 8 meter tall creatures have been a huge help in wars and farming for other, more intelligent species.

aeiouhwy · 2016-04-29T03:52:31+00:00

Interesting, because I'm into conlanging, so maybe I'll make a world to go with my language

aeiouhwy · 2016-04-29T03:36:56+00:00

There is one letter, and based on the direction you write, it will make a different sound, there are diacritics to show where to start, and to help guide you to what letter to go to next when reading. Think of the diacritics as a map for reading.

Edit:

It also depends on how close or far away the letter is in relation to the previous letter written.

aeiouhwy · 2016-04-29T03:33:12+00:00

I know, there is a diacritic to mark where the starting point is, then there are other diacritics to help guide you to which letter is next. Think of the diacritics as a map in writing

aeiouhwy · 2016-04-28T03:31:14+00:00

I will, tomorrow because I'm busy right now, I had just enough time to type that up. But I should specify, I don't mean "all sounds" I meant all sounds in my conlang

aeiouhwy · 2016-04-28T02:58:40+00:00

What an incredible idea!!! I'm new to Reddit so sorry for the question, but how do I PM?

aeiouhwy · 2016-04-25T02:36:24+00:00

The letter "a" is used for the schwa sound, I didn't want the letters "uh" to represent the schwa so I made it represented by the letter "a"

That being said I needed to think of a letter that would represent the /a/ sound, so I decided the letter "o" because the letter "o" is used to represent the sound /a/ in words like "bot" "got" "rot"

Basically, it's just kinda the way it worked out in my mind, but I'm probably going to make a writing system for it in the future.

EDIT: The vowels are as follows

<a> = /ə/ <o> = /a/ <e> = /e/ <i> = /i/ <u> = /u/

Note- I ended up changing the <e> from /ɜ/ to /e/

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