Verse:Irta/Sketchpad

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Tai-Kadai

Irta Thailand should speak Zhuang and have an alphabet derived from cursive Sawndip

Kam can be a widely learned language (in Irta Europe?)

CF Tricin music

Irta Irish alphabet

"what if Cyrillic descended from Latin instead of Greek"

inspired by uncial but with iotified letters that look like Cyrillic and soft signs

y for ao

hard and soft signs may be used within foreign clusters that violate bwb sws: Cysъlév

séimhiú is written with the lenited letter followed by the unlenited letter (vb-, etc.) while urú is written with a tilde on top of the letter

Religious people may capitalize the person marker in 2sg inflected prepositions when referring to God (eg. orT)

Cualand Netagin orthography

comically Englishy

hanier -> hanere

dyktie viel -> đuqŧeøe vele (ø is used for an "empty consonant")

Bric ťebarin ku ďáccerabáccera votok midxin. -> Breev̠ taibareen coo dassety-bassety votoque meeđħeen. (Cualand uses "dassety-bassety" instead of "ďáccerabáccera")

Corsican Arabic orthography

et teanga Corscìje

Ȝesxùr creiċe hije el buḋḃa. (aSXū́r kréxə híjə əL-BúZWə) == A vulture is a bird of prey.

Emphatics denoted with underline

etymological a/ai/e/i for schwa in Irish loanwords: teangati == my language, guiḋeti == my prayer

native vowels are written as palatalizing to be able to use different broadening strategies for Arabic and Irish vocab

  • gea == ga, ga/ge == Ga, geà == gā, gà/gè == Gā
  • ge == ge, gè == gē
  • gi == gi, gui/gi == Gi, gì == gī, guì/gì == Gī
  • geo == go, go/geo == Go, geò == gō, gò/geò == Gō
  • gw == gu, gu/gw == Gu, gẁ == gū, gù/gẁ == Gū
  • gej == gəj, gej == Gəj (various nonnative spellings)
  • gev == gəw, gev== Gəw (various nonnative spellings)

Spelling native consonants

(corresponding to underlying phonemes not realization)

  • 2alif = q qe qi qw qeà qè qì qẁ qej qev
  • bā2 = b be bi bw beà bè bì bẁ bej bev
  • tā2, þā2 = t te ti tw teà tè tì tẁ tej tev
  • jīm = g ge gi gw geà gè gì gẁ gej gev
  • Hā = ħ ħa ħi ħu ħà ħì ħẁ ħaj ħav
  • khā = ċ ċa ċi ċw ċà ċì ċċaj ċav
  • dāl, ðāl = d de di dw dè dì dẁ dej dev
  • zāy
  • sīn = x xe xi xw xè xì xẁ xej xev (or ß?)
  • šīn = s se si sw sè sì sẁ sej sev
  • Sād = x xa xi xw xà xì xxaj xav
  • Dād, Zā2 = z za zi zu zà zì zù zaj zav
  • Tā2 = d da di du dà dì dù daj dav
  • 3ayn = 3 3a 3i 3u 3à 3ì 3ù 3aj 3av
  • ghayn = (γ, like khā2)
  • fā2 = (f, like bā2)
  • qāf = (g</>, like Sād)
  • kāf = (c, like bā2)
  • lām = (l, like bā2)
  • mīm = (m, like bā2)
  • nūn = (n, like bā2)
  • hā = (h, like bā2)
  • wāw = (v, like bā2)
  • yā = (j, like bā2)