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Writing System
Lortho's writing system is called dhadakha, so named by the first three letters. It is an alphabet with some featural aspects in denoting aspirated vs tenuis consonants.
Dhadakha is comprised of 21 letters, one of which is a vowel. The writing system behaves in a similar manner to an abugida; however, there are no consonant conjuncts[1] and vowels are given equal status as consonants. Ligatures are formed by consonant + vowel with the vowels [i] and [ɛ] being the exceptions. Dhadakha was inspired by the Devanagari, Uchen, and Tengwar writing systems.
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Vowels and Vowel Constructs
Monophthongs[2]
Vowels (except [i]) are attached to the preceding consonant forming ligatures.
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| Lortho Vowels |
Diphthongs[3]
The diphthongs are written as seen below.
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| Lortho diphthongs |
Word-Initial Vowels and Diphthongs
For word-initial vowels, the letter [i] will be used as the place holder (unless the [i] is the vowel) and the additional vowel will be added as one would on a consonant-vowel ligature.
Romanized Text
Since Lortho has its own script, a romanized version has been set up to make it easy to read and pronounce as shown in the tables below.
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| IPA | dʰ | d | kʰ | k | lʰ | l | tʰ | t | pʰ | p | ʃ | s | n | nː | m | mː | h | b | f | ɾ |
| Romanization | dh | d | kh | k | lh | l | th | t | ph | p | sh | s | n | nn | m | mm | h | b | f | r |
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| IPA | i | a | ɛ | u | o |
| Romanization | i | a | e | u | o |
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| IPA | aɪ | au | ɔɪ | eɪ |
| Romanization | ai | au | oi | ei |
Numerals
The counting system in Lortho is decimal (base 10):
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| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
- ↑ Learning Hindi. (2010, August 19). Lesson # 32: Consonant conjuncts part 1. Retrieved from http://www.learning-hindi.com/post/978349527/lesson-32-consonant-conjuncts-part-1
- ↑ Monophthong. (2018, September 5). In Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monophthong
- ↑ Diphthong. (2018, November 6). In Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphthong
