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Revision as of 19:33, 20 April 2018
Contents
Writing System
The Lortho alphabet contains 21 letters, one of which is a vowel. The writing system behaves in a similar manner to an abugida; however, there are no conjunct consonants and vowels are given equal status as consonants. Ligatures are formed by consonant + vowel (other than the vowel [i]). Lortho's script was inspired by the Devanagari, Uchen, and Tengwar writing systems.
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| Lortho Alphabet |
Vowels and Vowel Constructs
Monophthongs
Vowels (except [i]) are attached to the preceding consonant forming ligatures.
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| Lortho Vowels |
Diphthongs
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 |
| Monophthongs | |||||
| 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 |
