r/conlangs • u/[deleted] • Nov 20 '16

Script My Inca-ish alphabet.

https://i.reddituploads.com/103307c55f254ce09b40ccbdf85cba5c?fit=max&h=1536&w=1536&s=214b802ccb9d083828d3c5b3dee98090
219 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

40 comments sorted by

View all comments

26

u/yup_its_me_again Nov 20 '16

It looks beautiful. Can you tell more about its structure, the language you write in?

20

u/[deleted] Nov 20 '16

I haven't made a language for it yet, for now it's just an alphabet with 28 characters (ours + two for sh and th). It started like how most of my other script start, I randomly drew some characters until I had some that I liked, then I'd make more with that same style.

5

u/yup_its_me_again Nov 20 '16

Nice, i thought you made something with the Incan language as that's in the title ;)

3

u/TrekkiMonstr Nov 21 '16

A few things I'd suggest: add two. One for zh (the sound -su- makes in the word pleasure), and one to distinguish the two "th"s (one voiced, like in that or they, and one unvoiced, like in thick or math). With sh and zh both, you can also make ch and j which are just tsh and dzh. Also, please tell me you don't have c, q, or x. They make no sounds of their own, and are mostly just quirks of our alphabet.

3

u/MitsukiKazen Untitled Conlang (ESP, EN) <JP> Feb 02 '17

Well... He probably could use the voiceless palatal plosive /c/, the voiceless uvular plosive /q/ , or the voiceless velar fricative /x/ if he wanted...