Interlocking Gallifreyan Alphabet
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This is the alphabet used most commonly in texts written by hand and sometimes computers.
This public article was written by [Deactivated User] on 26 Feb 2017, 21:30.
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8. Verb Tenses
Circular Gallifreyan is mostly written in a series of interlocking circles. Each word is composed of other circles and a sentence is encapsulated by a yet bigger circle. A word is written inside a word denoter and each word goes inside a sentence paradigm, which will be explained on a future article.[top]CONSONANTS
These are classified by consonant bases and then sub-divided by consonant add-ons.
On the following consonants chart we have to the right the bases and on the top the add-ons. The straight line under the base symbols represents the word denoter and its relation with the bases:
[top]VOWELS
They are as well classified by a base called dot bases and these divided by directional lines.
The right column represents the dot bases and the top arrows the directional lines. The semi-circles on the right symbolize the consonant bases.
The following scheme serves as a tutorial for understanding how vowels are placed in relation to the consonant bases. Keep in mind that this is simply a guide, you can place the vowel wherever you feel looks best as long as it doesn't lose its meaning.
[top]READING A WORD
Words are read anti-clockwise starting from the bottom. In the example below, we start from the T and go down to the vowel and then up again to the M.
The interlocking alphabet is phonetical but because of computerish problems I wrote the romanization of each sound instead of the actual IPA.
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