#logography

Wāenarėu pēh.

"From the river to the sea."

/ˈwáɛ̯.na.ɾæu̯ ˈpɛ́ç/

river-ABL sea-LAT

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!

We're keeping it easy bc not everyone working on it has much experience in linguistics (everyone but me lol).

Above is the first attempt for the logography, and below...

...Is the second and probably final attempt.

Word for today:

kòp (IPA: ko:b˩)

n.

physical object, physical thing

This character uses the root word, kò [ko:˩] which means "be", and an affix (the horizontal line at the top) that makes it a physical noun.

Note: EVERY word in this language has an affix or suffix attached to it. The root words themselves are considered meaningless in formal conversation, but is used in informal coversations to represent their base concepts.

The origin of the root character "kò" actually comes from the shape of an extremely common marsh dwelling bird, which are considered messengers of the gods sent to survey the land. If you squint you might (?) be able to see the bird with its little puffed out belly!!!

Arachnal Rune

And now, a not-so-little sigil for the same character.