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A sample of what the Asamic script used for my conlang (Asamvuk) looks like now.

I post it mostly for the aesthetics, BUT:

as you can see, some characters are more complex than others. for example the 2nd one is a single syllable ("ḋa" /d͡ʐa/ – animal)

then there are the complex characters, made up of two to four base (simple, single syllable) characters. characters 4-6 are made up of two base characters (the 6th is "ma" (about) + "sọŀ" (meeting) = "masọŀ" /masʲɔw/ – conference)

characters 1 and 3 are made up of three base characters.

the 3rd one means "wild animal" (one that specifically lives in a forest). the first two characters are both "sạ" /sʲa/ – plant. together they mean "forest". BUT the third one is "ḋa" /d͡ʐa/ – animal. together they give us "sạsạḋa" /sʲa.sʲa.d͡ʐa/ – wild animal.

simple. the Asamic script might have many many thousands of characters in total, but you can read most of them knowing only.....a couple thousand!

Redrew this again after 4 months (actually started 2 months ago and just finished today).

I didn't think anyone would notice it, but yes, it is a flag! It's the flag of Asam, a country from my worldbuilding project, located entirely in the arctic circle :)

I first chose these colours because I wanted to make a flag for the country when I was bored back in high school but the only markers i had were red (vermilion?), blue (dark teal??), black and gold. so..... that's why I chose them.

That's the original photo on which I based the flag's colours:

(i have no idea what the drawing was. it's just the first photo of these colours i found on my phone)

So the flag ended up looking like this:

(the ratio is 1:2)

Yeah I know, not the most original but I like it. I had to decide in what order the colours should be but this one looked the best to me and 2 other people whom I asked about their opinion.

Then I had to come up with the meaning which..... isn't the most unique or thought-out, but good enough for now.

The colours' meaning:

red – Colour associated with:

1. Fire and warmth, which are necessary to survive in the arctic. Fire is extremely important and considered sacred, a gift from God that keeps people alive in such a harsh environment. So the colour is associated with survival and safety.

2. Blood and flesh, so the animals and food – very important and necessary to survive so far North where vegetation is scarce.

3. Independence. After over a hundred years of occupation and the war that ended with Asam gaining their independence back, it's commonly associated with the blood spilled by millions of people who lost their lives fighting for freedom.

blue – The arctic environment, the snow, the ice, the ocean, the sky. So the things that are not alive themselves, but still affect people's lives greatly.

black – The darkness of the polar night, which almost all of Asam experiences to some extent, since the entire country is located in the Arctic Circle (67°N-85°N). Spending up to months without significant daylight is a very significant aspect of the Asamic people's lives.

gold – The polar day/midnight sun. Also experienced pretty much in every part of Asam, but to a very varying degree.

thanks for asking!! I haven't actually written much about my world here yet mainy for two reasons:

– i've been too stressed out to even think about it recently or make/write anything related to it worthy posting because im moving alone to a big city (tomorrow!) and then starting uni the day after

– the real reason which is me being used to people i know finding worldbuilding weird which makes it difficult to open up about it online

consonants:

b – /b/

c – /t͡s/

ć – /t͡ɕ/

ċ – /t͡ʂ/

d – /d/

ď – /d͡ʑ/

ḋ – /d͡ʐ/

ḍ – /d͡z/

f – /f/

g – /ɡ/

h – /h/

ḣ – /x/

k – /k/

l – /l/

ŀ – /w/

n – /n/

ń – /ɲ/

ṅ – /ŋ/

m – /m/

p – /p/

r – /r/

s – /s/

ś – /ɕ/

ṡ – /ʂ/

t – /t/

v – /v/

y – /j/

z – /z/

ź – /ʑ/

ż – /ʐ/

vowels:

a – /a/

e – /ɛ/

i – /i/

ı – /ɨ/

o – /ɔ/

u – /u/

ả – /ã/

ẻ – /ɛ̃/

ỉ – /ĩ/

ỏ – /ɔ̃/

ủ – /ũ/

palatalisation:

the dots under the vowels serve as an indicator of palatalisation of the preceding consonant:

ạ ẹ ị ọ ụ

for example:

rạ -> /rʲa/

lẹ -> /lʲɛ/

sị -> /sʲi/

kọ -> /kʲɔ/

I'm moving out this month and I'm too stressed to really focus on anything, so I haven't been drawing or posting recently. But I finally managed to make a very simple drawing (i promise i will make something more ambitious one day) of one of my characters after a monthly break. So this is Monṡan (/mɔn.ʂan/) from Northern Asam.

"Kạm yo mủnkạmtọń mủn kụr kọ. Musa nẹh mah ḍảyun ỏḣ sanran."

/kʲam jɔ mũn.kʲam.ʈʲɔɲ mũn kʲur kʲɔ/

/mu.sa ɲɛh mah d͡ʒã.jun ɔ̃x san.ran/

I'm working on something very similar to you; your work is very inspiring!

Thank you so much! Reading this made my day a bit better :)

It's so motivating to know that someone actually finds what I do cool because I haven't felt like doing anything recently.

Women of the North.

The text in my conlang (on the top) simply says:

Thank you so much for the compliment!

The truth is that I'm a total amateur and barely know what I'm doing, for now I just want it to look cool. The script is a logography, and the basic characters are one syllable long (and I try not to make them too complex. i came up with some radicals I combine but I'm not VERY strict about their meaning and usage as long as it still makes sense). For now I was thinking that one character = one basic word/concept and you just make longer, more complex words by combining them (yeah, typical logography). Since the words are usually short then 2 characters could easily be combined into one (like.....squished together). 4 could be combined into one too but the result could be terrifying. But then what if it's 3 characters? I have no idea and need to think about it, it's still an experimental feature. But I can say for sure that the writing directions are left to right and top to bottom or top to bottom and left to right.

The language is my nameless conlang which I'm only starting to develop (although its temporary name is the Arctic/Northern language because it's for a country in my worldbuilding project that's located in the Arctic/very far North (which is not exactly like Earth's Arctic)). It's a bit like Russian/Polish and Vietnamese/Chinese's ugly child.