The Wolerian Alphabet
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This article will explain the Wolerian writing system.
This public article was written by [Deactivated User], and last updated on 29 Jun 2018, 00:39.
[comments] wrvorthography The Wolerian alphabet is not a regular alphabet, for it is not just one alphabet. The Wolerian writing system is similar to that of Japanese, where there is a script for grammatical purposes, while there is another for nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. The order in which I will tell you about the systems will be from most difficult to least difficult.
Hanji is the main part of the writing system. Hanji are borrowed Chinese characters so, instead of just conveying sound, they also convey meaning. Hanji is used for nouns, verbs, adjectives, and sometimes even adverbs.
An example of Hanji would be 「犬,」being pronounced Omai.
Hanji have two readings, Won and Kun. Won readings are used when the character stands on its own. Almost the opposite can be said about the Kun reading, it uses it's Japanese pronunciation. However, unlike Japanese, each character has a maximum of two readings.
Referring back to 「犬,」it's Won reading is Omai, while its Kun reading is Inu.
Hanshu is by far one of the easiest things to remember about Wolerian. It is the Korean alphabet, where syllables are formed by "stacking" characters together by block. A character can compress so that each character fits perfectly into one syllable. Although, there are major differences between Hangeul and Hanshu.
First, let's begin with the consonants. To make things easier, I will divide the consonants into hard and soft.
Hard Consonants:
ㅂ B /b/
ㄸ D /d/
ㄲ G /g/
ㄱ K /k/
ㅃ P /p/
ㄷ T /t/
There are certain things to remember with some of these consonants. When ㄷ is at the end of a syllable, it can be either /t/ or /d/ depending on context. The same goes for ㅂ and its voiceless pair, /p/.
Soft Consonants:
ㅊ Ch /t͡ʃ/
ㅉ F /f/
ㅎ H /h/
ㅈ J /d͡ʒ/
ㅁ M /m/
ㄴ N /n/
ㄹ R /ɾ/
ㅅ S /s/
ㅉ V /v/
ㅍ Sh /ʃ/
ㅆ Z /z/
ㅍ Zh /ʒ/
ㅍ is more simple than ㅉ. ㅍ will always be like this,
/ʃ/ when starting a syllable, /ʒ/ when ending syllables. ㅉ is another character that requires context. It can be either /f/ or /v/. The only time where it is obvious rather the character is pronounced /f/ or /v/ is when it is at the end of a syllable block. ㅈ is pu at the bottom to signify /v/, never /f/.
There are a few consonants that are neither hard nor soft. They represent the sounds /t͡s/, /r/, /d͡z/, and /ŋ/. In order, they are represented by ㅋ, ㄹㄹ, ㅌ, and ㅇ. /r/ is a trickster.
In order for /r/ to be in a word, the first syllable has to have ㄹ below it, and the same character following it. For example, in the Spanish loan word /karo/, meaning "car," it would be spelled 갈로. Although, it is only used in loanwords, so nothing too important to remember.
/ŋ/ is simpler. It only comes at the end of syllables. When it appears as the first consonant in a syllable, it's silent.
/d͡z/ is only used in the beginning of syllables, and only used either in the middle or end of words. While, /t͡s/ is used more commonly. It can appear on both the beginning, and the end, of syllables.
Finally, we get to the thing that makes Wolerian simplier than English! The vowels!
Wolerian has five vowels: /a/, /i/, /ɯ/, /e/, and /o/, represented as 아, 이, 우, 에, 오, in order. They can be as simple as that. 까 is /ga/, the question marker, but it can be just a bit more complex that that. It can make a consonants soft, like in 雲 (pronounced /mjezu/, meaning "cloud.") It is spelled as 몌쑤. When you're adding the /j/ sound after the consonant just add a line. /ja/, /jɯ/, /je/ and /jo/ are 야, 유, 예, 요.
These are the hard part of the Wolerian vowels, the diphthongs. They are 애, 얘, 어, 여, 으, 와, 외, 위, 워, 왜, 웨, and 의. The easiest are the first five; they are /ai/, /jai/, /ei/, /jei/ and /eɯ/. The last simplest one is 의, or /ui/. The last few come after a /ɰ/ sound, yet they still have to follow a consonant. They are
/wa/, /we/, /wi/, /wo/, /wai/, and another /we/. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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