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Aert · Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 354

Hey,

Aert underwent another orthography change, and I thought it might be fun to see what's happened to it since I started.

What's happened to yours? I look forward to seeing the histories!

eldin raigmore · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:07 pm Post subject:

Umm, I know this has been brought up before, and maybe you're well-aware of it; but, just in case:

You are aware, aren't you, that the "orthography" of a language is its native script? So the "orthography" of a conlang would be its neography ("conscript")?

When we try to write the language using an alphabet based on the Roman alphabet rather than in its native script, that's called a "romanization" rather than an "orthography".

If your 'lang's (Aert's) conscript is based on the Roman alphabet then it doesn't need romanization; and you have correctly used the word "orthography". Is that the case? It looks like it could be.

Or, your 'lang's orthography could be based on any other natscript; futhorc runes, bopomofo, the Greek or Hebrew or Cyrillic alphabets, etc.

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As for my conlang; it has been conceived, but it is still gestating. Once it is born its history can begin; it hasn't yet.
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Tolkien_Freak · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:11 pm Post subject:

Mine's generally stayed the same. I've had some experiments with <j> for /j/ instead of <y> (to avoid confusion with /y/), but then I remembered diacritics.

Aert · Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 354

Yeah, technically Aert doesn't have a native script yet, so I'm using the 'romanization' for the orthography. (Much easier to type on the computer Wink

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