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Post by The Eshva on Dec 3, 2020 2:34:05 GMT
The Arashin language is a diagraphic language; that is, it is written in two different scripts depending on the context (though in the past, another script was used). These are the Khoriyan, or traditional script, and the Sharyian, or modern script. The former is the more common script, being used in official documents as well as in most other situations. Sharyian, on the other hand, was first created in the 1890s in an attempt to make the Arashin language easier to learn for foreigners, though it has seen some introduction in other spheres as well.
Khoriyan
The Khoriyan script first appears in the 5th century, when it was used by Ishitic priests to transcribe sacred texts for use in religious practices. Before this, the Erkhiyan script was used, being descended from the writing systems of the pre-Arashin peoples of Ikhan. The Khoriyan script is, much like it's predecessor, almost a true alphabet, though it also contains symbols for the "kh", "sh", and "zh" sounds as well as a single character for the word "va", that being a holdover of it's ancient religious origins. Beyond these, it contains eight vowels and twenty-one consonants. Notably, the shape of letters in the script change depending on their position in a word, which has made it difficult for non-native speakers to learn. The Khoriyan script can be written both left to right and top to bottom. It is also interesting to note that it isn't too uncommon for English to be transcribed into the Arashin script in Ikhan, owing to it's containing most of the same sounds in both languages.
VowelsConsonantsᠨ
| ᠩ | ᠪ | ᠫ | ᠬ | ᠭ | ᠮ | | B | C | D | F | G | H | J | | ᠯ | ᠰ | ᠱ | ᠲ | ᠳ | ᠴ | ᠵ | | K | L | M | N | P | Q | R | | ᠶ | ᠹ | ᡧ | ᡇ | ᡳ | ᡮ | ᢞ | | S | T | V | W | X | Y | Z |
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Post by The Eshva on Dec 17, 2020 0:30:14 GMT
Sharyian
The "Sharyian" script was first devised by Esik Kisan in the 1890s as a tool to help foreigners to learn Arashin easier, given the complexities of the Khoriyan system (as its letters had to change based on what letters were in front and behind it, as well as a few further down the line). Despite this, it was never intended to be used as a major form of writing the language, but this has not stopped it from being adopted formally by the National government, which now often publishes its laws in both Sharyian and Khoriyan script. The script contains most of the same characters, though it doesn't include any special characters for "KH", "SH", "ZH", and "VA", as well as lacking it's own numeral system and instead relying on the standard international numeral system.
Vowels
Consonants
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| 𐰌 | 𐰏 | 𐰑 | 𐰒 | 𐰓 | 𐰘 | | B | C | D | F | G | H | J | 𐰛
| 𐰜 | 𐰢 | 𐰥 | 𐰦 | 𐰧 | 𐰨 | | K | L | M | N | P | Q | R | 𐰪
| 𐰽 | 𐰶 | 𐱄 | 𐱅 | 𐱇 | 𐱈 | | S | T | V | W | X | Y | Z |
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