Anthologica Universe Atlas / Forums / Department of Creativity / raàyepèye Syllabary Thread / <!>raàyepèye Script Thread (2014-08-24 12:01:00)
quoting Morrígan:Cool. what sort of writing instrument is used for the second one?
Dunno. I use a keyboard. And I don't think anybody by me writes in the script.
quoting Nessari:I'd spend 4 or 5 hours writing these out by hand if I were you…there's several which aren't handwriting-friendly at all.
I used Inkscape to draw the shapes and Fontforge to put them into a font.
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A bit of a text:
Transcription
pe yeyimisi sèhhu ihhòma fose
ah sèhhu hamahòma rèh
sèhhuhama miyèhmisi à fimimata
òpahnè mapòmisi nè pehhama
mèmimisi nè sèhhu fose
—raà mòhhòh'u pahnè ye yeyi tana fimimata
mèmimisi pamoh nè sèhhu rèh
—tana fimimata yeyi òpahnè ye ahmo nenimè
(«è ò r f à» stand for [ɛ ɔ ɾ ɸ ʔa]. The glottal stop is unwritten in general.)
Translation
There was the first, large stone
and the second, small stone.
The two stones sat on a hill.
They did nothing.
The large stone said:
“I imagine, what is behind the hill.”
The small stone replied:
“Behind the hill there is nothing that one knows for sure.”