Writing of your language?

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North Star

Finnish is difficult, but the pronunciation is certainly among easiest in the world, every letter is pronounced exactly as written, except for the diphthong 'ng', which is pronounced like in 'king'.
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/finnish.htm
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Karl Henning

A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
by Mark Twain

For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli. Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

North Star

Quote from: karlhenning on March 27, 2012, 09:58:31 AM
A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
by Mark Twain

For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli. Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.

;D ;D ;D

Brilliant stuff! The spelling is at least much closer to Finnish.
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ibanezmonster

Quote from: karlhenning on March 27, 2012, 09:58:31 AM
A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
by Mark Twain

For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli. Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
Awesome!  :D
The new spelling system looks kind of cool- almost Scandinavian. It would be more logical spelling, but there are so many different accents in English, that there would be no way this could happen.

Wanderer

Η ελληνική γραφή είναι ακριβώς έτσι. Δεν βάζω πνεύματα, περισπωμένες, υπογεγραμμένες ή δύσκολες, θανατηφόρες λέξεις όπως ενδελέχεια διότι ίσως δεν τις αντέξει το σύστημα.

As you were.

eyeresist

Quote from: Greg on March 27, 2012, 10:39:44 AMAwesome!  :D
The new spelling system looks kind of cool- almost Scandinavian. It would be more logical spelling, but there are so many different accents in English, that there would be no way this could happen.

You do realise Twain was joking, right? RIGHT?

Karl Henning

Love it when Greg plays 'em straight.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

ibanezmonster

Quote from: eyeresist on March 27, 2012, 11:10:34 PM
You do realise Twain was joking, right? RIGHT?
Of course, but I still think it looks cool.

Opus106

Twain foresaw the rise of text-speak!
Regards,
Navneeth

Lethevich

Quote from: Wanderer on March 27, 2012, 02:14:29 PM
Η ελληνική γραφή είναι ακριβώς έτσι. Δεν βάζω πνεύματα, περισπωμένες, υπογεγραμμένες ή δύσκολες, θανατηφόρες λέξεις όπως ενδελέχεια διότι ίσως δεν τις αντέξει το σύστημα.

My mother was a saint! >:(
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

Wanderer

#50
Quote from: Wanderer on March 27, 2012, 02:14:29 PM
Η ελληνική γραφή είναι ακριβώς έτσι. Δεν βάζω πνεύματα, περισπωμένες, υπογεγραμμένες ή δύσκολες, θανατηφόρες λέξεις όπως ενδελέχεια διότι ίσως δεν τις αντέξει το σύστημα.

Quote from: Lethevich on March 28, 2012, 07:21:04 AM
Η μητέρα μου ήτο αγία!

I have a vague suspicion that Babelfish/Google Translate must have really messed that one up.  ;D

rhomboid

#51
Guess from what region this writing is:


ibanezmonster

I'm going to guess Sri Lanka or Southern India... haven't seen Tamil (or similar scripts) for a while, so it's just a wild guess...

Mirror Image

Английский язык всегда выглядит забавным выписанный, или я подразумевал русский язык?

Opus106

#54
Quote from: romboid on March 28, 2012, 03:58:08 PM
Guess from what region this writing is:



Quote from: Greg on March 28, 2012, 06:59:18 PM
I'm going to guess Sri Lanka or Southern India... haven't seen Tamil (or similar scripts) for a while, so it's just a wild guess...
Wild, but a good one. Kerala; the language being Malayalam. :)
Regards,
Navneeth

DieNacht

No big news from here, but Danish is much like Finnish/Swedish

(A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y, Z, Å, Ä, Ö)

except from a few details, which we mostly share with the Norwegians:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Æ, Ø, Å/AA

Though we do have our dose of political right-wing, no one has seriously suggested a return to the runes:



kind of outdated in the 21st century, too.

Karl Henning

If you did revert to runes, though, you'd be the most metal nation on earth.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

DieNacht

I´ll put forward the proposition to some of the Wise Elders at our next council:



:D


Florestan

Here are some diction exercises in Romanian. (all phrases use actual words and have intelligible meanings)

Cosaşul Saşa când coseşte, cât şase saşi sasul coseşte. Şi-n sus şi-n jos de casa sa, coseşte sasul şi-n şosea.

Unilateralitatea colocviilor desolidarizează conştiinciozitatea energeticienilor care manifestă o imperturbabilitate indescriptibilă în locul nabucodonosorienei ireproşabilităţi.

Armura arămie a asprului atrid Agamemnon, atârnată asupra altarului atic, atrăgea, aşadar atenţia armatorilor anatolieni, amici ai anticelor armate arhaice, aşteptând atenuarea aţâţărilor anarhice ale aprigului Achile.

Ştiu că ştii că ştiuca-i ştiucă
Dar mai ştiu că ştiuca-i peşte
Şi că ştiuca se mănâncă
Şi că ştiuca se prăjeşte.


"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

rhomboid

Quote from: Opus106 on March 28, 2012, 10:51:10 PM
Wild, but a good one. Kerala; the language being Malayalam. :)

Sri Opus106, are south indian languages semi-intelligible by diverse south indians?