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Menu 1. Introduction 2. Characters 3. Table of alphabets Article created in: January 2021

[edit] [top]Introduction

The Zetaha script (from Kasewayan zėtaha zətaha [zət̪axa] ‘set of lines’) is a writing system used to write several languages spoken upon western Dawera, including all Desanian languages, Nesyanian, Southern Tazuro and more.

Zetaha was invented in early Middle Ages in the Kaseyu Kingdom (modern day Kasewaya) and descends from the Old Desani syllabary. Around the 14th century, it was adapted to write the Nesyanian language, and soon replaced the Tazuro abugida used to write the Southern Tazuro language. The script took its modern form between the 17th and the 18th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, various minority languages, like Keranian, began to be written in extended Zetaha as well.
Technically, Zetaha is an alphabet written left to right. It has no capital letters. Various calligraphy styles can differ a lot from the printed version of the script.

[edit] [top]Characters

Graphemes
The basic, unmodified version of the Zetaha script contains 31 letters. Some of them are used only in one or two languages.

Character	Romanization	Sound(s) in various languages
a	a	/a/, /ɑ/
á	á	/ɑ/, /ɒ/
b	b	/b/
p	p	/p/
j	j	/d͡ʒ/, /d͡ʑ/, /d͡z/, /ɟ/
c	c	/t͡ʃ/, /t͡ɕ/, /t͡s/, /c/
d	d	/d/, /d̪/
t	t	/t/, /t̪/
ḍ	ḍ	/ɖ/
ṭ	ṭ	/ʈ/
e	e	/e/, /æ/, /ɛ/, /ə/
ė	ė/ə	/ə/
g	g	/g/
h	h	/χ/, /x/, /h/, /ɥ/
i	i	/i/, /e/
k	k	/k/
x	x	/x/, /ʀ/
q	q	/q/
l	l	/l/, /ɫ/, /ɻ/, /ɺ/
m	m	/m/
n	n	/n/
o	o	/o/, /ɔ/, /ɑ/
u	u	/u/
r	r	/r/, /ɾ/
s	s	/s/
v	v	/v/
w	w	/w/
y	y	/j/, /ɨ/
z	z	/z/
ż	ż	/ʒ/
ṡ	ṡ	/ʃ/
’	’	/ʔ/

Additional characters can be derived from the already existing ones by adding diacritics such as underdots.

Digraphs
Digraphs are used to represent retroflexes in Southern Tazuro, ejectives in Nesyanian, palatalized consonants in a few Desanian languages and more.

Digraphs	Romanization	Sound(s) in various languages
ch	ch	/t͡ɕ/
jh	jh	/d͡ʑ/
dh	dh	/ɖ/
th	th	/ʈ/
c’	c’	/t͡ʃ’/
t’	t’	/t’/, /tʲ/
ty	ty	/tʲ/
k’	k’	/k’/
b’	b’	/bʲ/
by	by	/bʲ/
py	py	/pʲ/
d’	d’	/dʲ/
dy	dy	/dʲ/
h’	h’	/xʲ/
l’	l’	/lʲ/
ly	ly	/lʲ/
my	my	/mʲ/
n’	n’*	/nʲ ~ ɲ/
r’	r’	/ɾʲ/
ry	ry	/ɾʲ/
v’	v’	/vʲ/
w’	w’	/wʲ/

*sometimes replaced with ṅ <ṅ>

[edit] [top]Table of alphabets

Zetaha is the only official writing system in Kasewaya, Nesyania, Inwez, Chilemin and Zaloma, and one of the two official writing systems in Tazul.

Alphabet/language	No. of letters	Additional characters	Country
Kasewayan	26	ś ý ś ý	Kasewaya, Inwez
Nesyanian	27	f f	Nesyania, Zaloma
Southern Tazuro	22	ŋ ŋ	Tazul, Nesyania
Chilut	43	ā ē ī ō ū ĵ ĉ ẋ ṅ ṇ ṣ ś ẓ ẑ ā ē ī ō ū ĵ ĉ ẋ ń ṇ ṣ ŝ ẓ ẑ	Chilemin
Standard Keranian	25	–	Kasewaya, Nesyania, Tazul
Saridzani	28	ī ū ń ŋ ś ź ý ī ū ń ŋ ś ź ý	Nesyania
Rashintu	28	ṅ ś ń ś	Nesyania

In Kasewaya, Zetaha is sometimes used to write Northern Tazuro, a language usually written in its own abugida script.

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