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Cikhton Keo
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So, as you may know, the Cirtunese Spelling on a Latin Keyboard doesn't work really well..
The romanisation, however, does work, though I don't use it as much.
Here is the standard romanisation of all Cirtunese letters, a.k.a: Cikhton Keo.
Basic Vowels
| Cirton Script | IPA | Latin Script |
| di | /i/ | [i] |
| de | /ɛ/ | [e] |
| da | /a/ | [a] |
| do | /ɔ/ | [o] |
| du | /u/ | [u] |
Altered Vowels - 1 - Leveling
| Cirton Script | IPA | Latin Script |
| di0 | /ɨ/ | [î] or [i0] |
| de0 | /e/ | [ê] or [i0] |
| da0 | /ʌ/ | [â] or [a0] |
| do0 | /o/ | [ô] or [o0] |
| du0 | /ɯ/ | [û] or [u0] |
Altered Vowels - 2 - Possibility
| Cirton Script | IPA | Latin Script |
| di9 | /ĩ/ | [ĩ] or [i9] |
| de9 | /ẽ/ | [ẽ] or [e9] |
| da9 | /ã/ | [ã] or [a9] |
| do9 | /õ/ | [õ] or [o9] |
| du9 | /ũ/ | [ũ] or [u9] |
Altered Vowels 3 - Order
| Cirton Script | Environment | Latin Script |
| di1 | First | [ì] or [i1] |
| di2 | Last | [í] or [i2] |
| de1 | First | [è] or [e1] |
| de2 | Last | [é] or [e2] |
| da1 | First | [à] or [a1] |
| da2 | Last | [á] or [a2] |
| do1 | First | [ò] or [u1] |
| do2 | Last | [ó] or [u2] |
| du1 | First | [ù] or [u1] |
| du2 | Last | [ú] or [u2] |
Altered Vowels 4 - Tones or Stress
| Cirton Script | Environment | Latin Script |
| di3 | ˦˨ (High-Low) | [i\] or [i3] |
| di8 | ˨˦ (Low-High) | [i/] or [i8] |
| de3 | ˦˨ (High-Low) | [e\] or [e3] |
| de8 | ˨˦ (Low-High) | [e/] or [e8] |
| da3 | ˦˨ (High-Low) | [a\] or [a3] |
| da8 | ˨˦ (Low-High) | [a/] or [a8] |
| do3 | ˦˨ (High-Low) | [o\] or [o3] |
| do8 | ˨˦ (Low-High) | [o/] or [o8] |
| du3 | ˦˨ (High-Low) | [u\] or [u3] |
| du8 | ˨˦ (Low-High) | [u/] or [u8] |
Altered Vowels - 5 - Personality
| Cirton Script | IPA | Latin Script |
| dyi | /ji/ | [ï] or [yi] |
| dye | /je/ | [ë] or [ye] |
| dya | /ja/ | [ä] or [ya] |
| dyo | /jo/ | [ö] or [yo] |
| dyu | /ju/ | [ü] or [yu] |
Simple Consonants
For these specific examples, the consonants have no inherent vowel instead of the usual /a/.
| Cirton Script | IPA | Latin Script |
| c | /s/ | [c] |
| n | /n/ | [n] |
| t | /t/ | [t] |
| r | /r/ | [r] |
| l | /l/ | [l] |
| s | /ʃ/ | [s] |
| h | /χ/ | [h] |
| k | /k/ | [k] |
| f | /f/ | [f] |
| z | /t͡s/ | [z] |
| v | /θ/ | [v] |
Altered Consonants 1 - Voicing
| Cirton Script | IPA | Latin Script |
| cq | /z/ | [c'] [cq] |
| nq | /m/ | [n'] [nq] |
| tq | /d/ | [t'] [tq] |
| rq | /r/ | [r'] [rq] |
| sq | /ʒ/ | [s'] [sq] |
| hq | /ʁ/ | [h'] [hq] |
| kq | /g/ | [k'] [kq] |
| fq | /v/ | [f'] [fq] |
| zq | /d͡z/ | [z'] [zq] |
| vq | /ð/ | [v'] [vq] |
Altered Consonants 2 - Materialisation
| Cirton Script | IPA | Latin Script |
| cp | /s/.../g/ | [cp] or [c]...[g] |
| np | /pʰ/ | [np] or [ph] |
| nq | /p/ | [nq] or [p] |
| tp | /tʰ/ | [tp] or [th] |
| rp | /ɾ/.../g/ | [rp] or [r]...[g] |
| sp | /ʃ/.../g/ | [sp] or [s]...[g] |
| hp | /χ/.../g/ | [hp] or [h]...[g] |
| kp | /kʰ/ | [kp] or [kh] |
| fp | /f/.../g/ | [fp] or [f]...[g] |
| zp | /t͡s/.../g/ | [zp] or [z]...[g] |
| vp | /θ/.../g/ | [vp] or [v]...[g] |
For example, the word hp- for "seal" can be romanised as [hag] or [hpa], since its spelt as "hp" and pronounced as /χag/.
The writer may separate affixes to make some words more clear or nuanced:
- Both affixes may be separated from the Root and Theme with [-]
-- Example: bchjkemr- /ʔasχakɛɾɐ̆/ "The act of writing" can be spelt: [achaker], [ac-haker], [achake-r] or [ac-hake-r].
As a reference to the CTX spelling on a Latin keyboard, the writer may use these specifiers:
- Prefixes can be written with [b] before them
-- Ex.: [bachaker]
- Suffixes can be written with [m] before them
-- Ex.: [bachakemr]
- Superior letters / syllables can be specified with [j] after them
-- Ex.: [bachajkemr]
So, [achaker] may be spelt in many different ways: [ac-hake-r], [achajker], [ac-hakemr], and so on.
Every one of the aforementioned forms of spelling are right, but there is plenty of room for nuanced differences between them.
In Cirtunese, Upside-down Letters may be used for a number of reasons.
For now, let's just keep in mind that the rule for spelling them is simple:
- Write [g] before a consonant to flip it.
-- Ex.: ha3-ke gl ha8-ke. /'χaakɛ ʎɐ̆ χa'akɛ/ "Writer and reader".
The gl- is spelt [gl]. Simple as that.
The rules are also quite simple...
- Add [w] after the consonant or before the vowel.
-- Ex.: cwmr. /sʷaːɾɐ̆/ [cwar] "Is not."
You might be asking: But if /ʁ/ is spelt as <hq>, then why is it called Cikhton Keo?
The simple answer is: because of an older spelling that I was using. Same goes for "Cirton".
The Cirtunese language is almost five years old now, and I figured it would be a nice touch if I kept some of the old spelling for some of the special words, as long as they're always being used.
aaaand that's the cau2-[caú] (end).
The current version of Cirtunese wasn't designed with romanisation in mind, so it was quite the challenge for me to come up with this... But I'm pretty much satisfied with the result.
I wanted something that wouldn't restrict the writer, nor would make a reader's work more difficult unnecessarily.
As a writer, I can choose between [car], [camr] or [ca-r]. However, those possibilities are based in the original CTX spelling, so they don't feel random for me, as a reader.
Of course, being in CWS, we can just use the tags "con=CTX"..."/con" :p
dyemN-fa hja8jkemr-A. /jɛn̩fa χa˨˦kɛɾɐ̆/ [Ëmn fa ha/ker]
"Thanks for reading!"
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