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The Zaginaian writing system: intro
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Tsaginaian writing bears some resemblance to the Latin alphabet, but these are entirely coincidental. It comes from the Akalix alphalogographic system, and the letters that look like latin letters do not actually relate (a looks like the latin o but represents an "a"; ζ looks like n but represents z/ts).
There are, however, some true similarities with the Latin alphabet. Tsaginaian is a true alphabet; it is written horizontally, left to right; and the letters do NOT change based on where they are in a word (this is only partially true with the Latin alphabet). The largest dissimilarities are the lack of capitalization and the differences in punctuation and spacing.
Firstly, a few Tsaginaian letters (I will introduce these a few at a time, so as not to overwhelm you).
Here are all of the vowels that exist in Tsaginaian:
a = a
i = i
u = u
Those are pronounced basically like their IPA values.
And here are three consonants to start out with:
m = m
n = n
l = l
m and n are pronounced exactly like their English equivalents, but l is a bit different. It is exactly the same in the syllable onset, but if it appears in the coda it is fricativized and pronounced as /ɮ/. That will likely take some work to properly pronounce.
The last thing I would like to go over in this lesson is basic punctuation and spacing. There is no such thing as a true space in Tsaginaian. Words are seperated by a single dot (written between two a's so that it can be seen with letters): "a a". This is coded with a space, so it will automatically work when typing within a sentence. However, here is where it gets difficult:
Other punctuation looks different, but is also written without spaces. Thus, if you have another puncuation mark, it must be written without any spaces. The equivalent of a comma, "a,a", must be written directly between the letters. This holds with ALL punctuation.
A quick reference:
Spaces are written "a a"
Commas are written "a,a"
A period is written "a.a"
A question mark is written "a?a"
An exclamation mark is written "a!a"
A "reverse exclamation mark" is written "a/a" (it represents negative emotion, and is encoded as / )
Exercises:
Pronounce the following until you are comfortable (they are just nonsense phrases for the moment):
1. laminu
2. mai,mi.
3. ma mi nai,lam nulama mi.
4. mam nun lil munila.
pá 'aζaikirrim!
-rráβin guluspari
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