PO'BIN'SA: THE PLOTTIE SCRIPT
The Plottie script is called "Po'bin'sa". Their alphabet takes influence from the Latin alphabet with some glyph additions. Po'bin'sa makes no differentiation between uppercase and lowercase letters and has very basic punctuation. A very important aspect of this script is that it is written in syllabic blocks.
SYLLABIC BLOCKS
All of the words in the Po'bin'an language are divided into syllables and thus, are written in syllabic blocks. There are only 3 types of syllabic blocks in the whole language in which letters can be arranged:
- Vowel: When the syllable is a single vowel, a □ (gob)is added before the letter as a placeholder. Syllable arrangement can be horizontal or vertical depending on the letter.
- Consonant-Vowel (or Vowel-Consonant)
- Consonant-Vowel-Consonant: The only letters allowed in this third position are M, N, L, W and R (and their double letters).
examples
understanding the "gob"
The "gob" is a special character that is added before syllables with single vowels (V), also known as a "placeholder". It exists purely for aesthetics and balance between the syllables. The placement of the gob and the final arrangement and look of the syllable depend on whether the vowel is horizontal or vertical.
SPELLING RULES
- Words are always divided into syllables in order to know how they're written.
Example: Uus-da-baal, Mu-ru-zi Bi-kin, Ha-lla-dem, O-mu-mu. - If a word or a name ends in a consonant that isn't M , N , L , W or R the letter "U" is added at the end but it is not pronounced.
Example: Yang would be written "Yan-gu". - "U"s are added in-between consonants in a word or a name in order to make them syllables even if they are not pronounced. This is specially useful to write foreign words. Example: April would be written "A-pu-ril".
- The "CH" and "SH" sounds are written with a "X"
Example: Choon would be written "Xoon". - The "TH" sound is written with a "Z".
Example: Thelma would be written "Zel-ma". - The letter "Y" is replaced with an "I" unless it is the first letter of the word or name.
Example: Marilyn would be written as "Ma-ri-lin".
pronunciation rules
- An "H" at the beginning of the word makes no sound at all.
- An "LL" at the beginning of the word makes a harsh sound similar to "J" but when it's in the middle of the word it sounds like a simple "L".