Rokadong script

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The Rokadong script is an abugida of the Nenta family that is related to other Nentan languages, such as the Kairitelan script. Like Kairitelan, it is derived from the Classical Nenta script. The script has been in use for just over 300 years, being created in the year Kagyaha 2 (320 years prior to the present) and officially adopted in the year Kagyaha 10 (312 years prior to the present).

The Rokadong script is officially called telajang (literally "branch letters"). However, due to many of the letters' resemblance to the peaks of a mountain range or mountain island, the script is also referred to as curakjang (literally "mountain letters").

Letters & Pronunciation

The script's diacritics are attached here to the base letter ka (K) to disambiguate similar ones.

    IPA Name
P p [p] pa
B b [b] ba
T t [t] ta
D d [d] da
C c [t͡ʃ] ca
J j [d͡ʒ] ja
K k [k] ka
G g [g] ga
" ' h [ʔ] ahha
F f [f] fa
V v [v] va
    IPA Name
S s [s] sa
Z z [z] za
Q sh [ʃ] sha
H h [h] ha
L l [l] la
Y y [j] ya
W w [w] wa
R r [ɾ] ra
M m m [m] ma
N n n [n] na
{ [ ny [ɲ] nya
    IPA Name
} ] ng [ŋ] ang
A a [a] á
Diacritics (on ka)
K KA a á [a aː]
iK IK i í [i iː]
iK IK u ú [u uː]
iK IK e é [e eː]
iK IK o ó [o oː]
KiA Kau KoiA ai au oi [aj aw oj]
Kx no vowel

Orthographical notes

Consonants followed by an approximant are written in their base form, instead of the no vowel form: kya KY. Additionally, if a word ends in a consonant, it is written in its base form.

A diacritic on the null consonant A replaces the sound entirely.