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So we had a lecture a while ago based upon the idea that poetry doesn’t have to be written word, and can use pictograms to convey ideas instead of text. We were given a whole bunch of doodles from cave paintings and told to assemble them into a poem. I guess most of the class just messed around with them, but I’m taking this task Way Too Seriously™ and now I’m having fun inventing caveman language. 

 We were shown a symbol that resembled a bow with multiple strings. I interpreted the symbol as a ‘direction marker’, with the orientation of the symbol denoting compass direction, and the number of strings in the bow indicating speed of movement. 

 We were given two symbols resembling axes, one with the axe upwards, and one with the axe upside-down. I’ve interpreted these as aggression indicators, denoting aggression/activity and defensiveness/passivity respectively. Perhaps this could also be used to indicate tone/implied rudeness of a sentence? 

 We were also given a bunch of random noun pictograms like various footprints (bison hoofprints, bird clawprints and human footprints), locations (grasslands, forests mountains) and a bunch of objects (huts, campfires, racks of spears) to just populate the language a bit.

 Currently working on actually writing the poem for the class. I’m hoping they’ll like it, and I haven’t massively overthought this for nothing. 

Oss-Mau'Li /ɒʃmaʊʔliː/ - (Noun. Nossine Informal, Southern Dialect). Transliterates as “surpassing day.” A personal holiday for orphaned Nossine, traditionally celebrated on the day they become older than their parents were when they passed away. Typically celebrated twice, one for each parent. The window between the two events is know as the Ossilin, a time where the Nossine is said to be under the protection of ancestral spirits from all of the previous world cycles.

“In the late Ilakn era, peat diggers would frequently uncover the remains of extinct prehistoric megafauna. Believing them to be the bones of ancient kings, they would be given lavish reburials in the limestone foothills on the south of the island. It was this practice that cemented the idea of a ‘cyclical world’ in Nossine folklore.”

- Extract from Page 34 of “Notes on Nossine Culture” by Ninth Aulteni Quinneden.

“Brother, I implore you, run away with me. There was no old world, and there will be no new world. It was a misunderstanding. I don’t want us to die over this.”

My current writing project “So You’ve Become An Endling?” has pretty extensive world building. I’m attempting to ease the reader in slowly by having all relevant terms revealed through contextual clues, and having the protagonist be a ‘fish out of water’ type character who has a lot of things explained to them. 

 To make the reader feel more immersed, I want to have each chapter begin with a quote or extract from an in-universe source, such as a quote from a historical document or fragment of poetry. For example, my first chapter begins with a dictionary definition: 

 Aul /ɔːl/  - (Noun. Modern Standard Utai). A code of divine truth dictated by the Gods to The Aulqhiina at the start of the first Great Dawning.  Also used a prefix denoting wielders of this divine truth in the upper echelons of Utai politics.

Further Reading - “Utai Political History - From the Time of the First Great Dawning to the Modern Era (Volumes I - XCI)” by Second Aulteni Baquiel.

So I've been learning about all different types of writing systems recently, and i'm wondering what characters could be entered to UTAU.