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diff --git a/src/haasdaiga/writing.md b/src/haasdaiga/writing.md index c765f3e..b2c3d5a 100644 --- a/src/haasdaiga/writing.md +++ b/src/haasdaiga/writing.md @@ -1,102 +1 @@ # Writing system - -The native writing system has not been created yet. - -## Glyph structure - -Each syllable is represented by a glyph with a structure as shown here: - - - -When a component in the syllable is missing, the other components expand to -fill up the gap. Long vowel is represented as a horizontal line in the V2 -position. - -Because it requires more than a font to be able to write these glyphs, I cannot -create a font to represent it. There will be a tool to generate svg/png for -generaating glyphs from a word, however. All text samples in this book will be -romanized, from which you can generate the native scripts. - -## Order - -Hàäsdáïga does not have an alphabetic order. -The alphabet order is used for us to more conveniently list words. -The order for letters with tones is level, falling, and rising. - -## Letters - -Letters used to form glyphs are listed in the table below: - -| Latin | Letter | -|-------|--------| -| a |  | -| b |  | -| c |  | -| ch |  | -| d |  | -| e |  | -| f |  | -| g |  | -| gh |  | -| h |  | -| i |  | -| j |  | -| l |  | -| m |  | -| n |  | -| ng |  | -| nj |  | -| o |  | -| p |  | -| r |  | -| s |  | -| t |  | -| u |  | -| v |  | -| w |  | -| y | (empty) | -| z |  | -| long vowel |  | -| rising tone |  | -| falling tone |  | -| level tone | (empty) | -| glottal stop /ʔ/ |  | -| . |  | -| , |  | -| : |  | -| ! |  | -| ? |  | -| ( or “|  | -| ) or ”|  | - -Punctuation usage: - -- Sentence punctuation `. ! ? :` are put at the beginning of the sentence, - rather than the end. -- Colon is considered a sentence punctuation. It is put at the beginning of - the quoted phrase. -- Comma is used in a similar way as in English. -- Brackets are used for both quotation and explanation. In case of quotation, - there should be a colon preceding the phrase. - -# Input for glyph generation - -While this is not a part of the language, in order to generate native script -with the provided tool, one MUST follow this guideline for writing -romanization, which is not the same as the normal romanization guideline. - -- If there is a tone, the schwa `y` must be explicit. That is, never put the - tone on a consonant. -- The second vowel should not come with the diaresis. -- Long vowel should be represented by a tilde `~` rather than duplicating - vowels. -- Always write syllables separately. For example `càhánzy` (to give) must - be written as `cà hán zy`. -- The glottal stop must be explicit. For example `aäratse` (ash) must be - written as `'a~ rat se`. -- Punctuations should be separated from syllables. -- Spaces should be noted with a hyphen. - -The output may look bad; you can blame my poor drawing skills (I did not align -some of the strokes) and the limitation of technology (the letters are -stretched and therefore the thickness is not consistent). |