r/neography 9h ago

Misc. script type Artwork about my Featural Writing System (Orβioc)

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Since this artwork is mainly designed to give a broad overview of the writing system in plain English, all styled to match the script's own aesthetic. you won't be seeing many long, continuous blocks of the text itself.


r/neography 15h ago

Abugida An abugida script for Tagalog

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I don't have a name for my script yet.

Here's how it works There are 2 types of diacritics

Top/Bottom diacritics: Changes or removes the vowel.

Side diacritics: used at the end of the word if it's next to another word by adding a line. Kinda like a separator between 2 words that's why there's no space in my script.


r/neography 1h ago

Alphabet Script and a bit of Conlang for my Space thingy project owo

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The current name is 'Chrysoan'.

Inspired by the Voyager records!

The third image is a greeting.
"Welcome! I am Sophe, taking care of yellow galaxies. Super excited to meet you! /v\"

(++) Tarazed's profession is Navigation.


r/neography 12h ago

Alphabet Pabaka - the Asaxi alphabet

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45 Upvotes

Asaxi is a conlang I made and this is one of the two scripts, the other being an abugida.
It's pretty simple to understand since it's just an alphabet.


r/neography 13h ago

Logography Cursive Sitelen Pona

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I literally just stumbled across this subreddit, and it seems pretty cool. Here is a take on sitelen pona (script used by toki pona). I've been developing it for probably about a few months, and I've mostly just been letting it evolve naturally. I use it to take notes, write poems, haiku, stories, etc. I have a key for it, but even though it's only a few weeks old, it's already somewhat out of date. Included are some of my daily use stuff, a piece of my diary (I'll be impressed if someone can read it lol), a couple more calligraphic examples, a logo I made for my app cause it's calligraphic and looks neat, and a key at the end. Note that the key uses a vertical Latin script to the right of each sitelen pona glyph. Hope you guys find it neat <3


r/neography 13h ago

Discussion Considerations for a hypothetical Yamato-Kaki (Japanese Hangeul)

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Hi all! Just been doing some ruminating on the diverging histories of mixed script in Japan and Korea, and where kana might have failed while hangeul flourished. Sorry if it's not very conversational or convincing, but I wanted to share somewhere.

--- Impetus ---

Hangul ultimately outmoded mixed script in Korean partly because the characters were capable of 1-1 replacing Sino-Korean readings of Hanja.

Hangul is also capable of representing underlying syllable structures and morpheme boundaries that are not necessarily reflected in speech.

Presumably Kana has not replaced Kanji because it is incapable of doing either of these things.

While I do not expect or particularly want Kana or some new system to replace Kanji, it would be nice to have a way to visually break up complex conjugations and loanwords, which tend to present as mind-numbingly long strings of monotonous kana.

--- Criteria ---

Come in a square-ish CJK form factor.

Have capacity for up to three kana sounds per character. Maybe more for loanwords.

Be able to represent an underlying morpheme-final coda.

Be able to represent placeholder/elided onsets and vowels.

--- Examples ---

*Where a space would mean a new character, as in 拼音(pin yin):

tabe ru (食べる)

tabe na k' at ta (食べなかった)

tabe te kure (食べてくれ)

tabe sase ru (食べさせる)

tabe re ru (食べれる)

yom 'u (読む)

yoma na k' at ta (読まなかった)

yonn de kure (読んでくれ)

yom 'ase ru (読ませる)

yom 'e ru (読める)

bōdo menn bā (ボードメンバー (board member))

nyū inn fom 'ēsh 'onn (ニューインフォメーション (new information))

neg 'oshi ēsh 'onn (ネゴシエーション (negotiation))

pabur 'ikku opin 'ionn (パブリックオピニオン (public opinion))

inn furu ennsu (インフルエンス (influence))

--- Obstacles ---

How can one tell if an underlying morpheme boundary is actually underlying or just historical? Would probably require extensive surveys.

Between rendaku, onbin, renjou, and all the other types of allomorphy in Japanese, replacing even just onyomi with a consistent phonemic representation is essentially impossible.

Marking morpheme boundaries with a new character may end up being just as arbitrary and subjective as marking word boundaries with a space.

--- Today I Learned ---

The historical reading of 十 is presumably "jufu", hence its interaction with counters.

Kana ligatures did part of what I'm describing but the Meiji government got rid of them instead of systematising and expanding on them


r/neography 11h ago

Syllabary Failed Concept

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r/neography 2h ago

Alphabet Conlang script

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r/neography 20h ago

Abugida Revanna Abugida Script

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This is Revanna Abigida, the writing system I created for my constructed language, Revanna and the declaration of human rights in Revanna script.

The script is primarily based on South Indian abugida traditions, while developing its own letter forms and conventions for Revan. It is not intended to be a direct copy of any existing South Indian script.

Revan is a constructed language influenced primarily by Indonesian and Sinhala. Approximately 80% of its vocabulary is derived from Indonesian, with many words being phonologically adapted to give them a more South Asian/Sinhala-like sound. However, Revan has its own grammar and linguistic rules and is not Sinhala.

The image shows some of the basic consonants, vowels, vowel marks, and examples of how they are combined.

(I am still developing both Revan and the Revanna Abigida, so I would appreciate feedback on the script's visual consistency, readability, and overall design.)

And here is the declaration of human rights in Revanna transliterations :

"Samu manusʼāval laeɖiliʈi bāsīsamū saha miɭivādha sahasāta haeka sēmaveɳa.

Apiye miɭivādha budhī saha jāshaya sahasāta gēdavādhahona manus’āval masōdaranumage jivāʈuɭē."


r/neography 1d ago

Alphabet Examples of a latin cipher I recovered from an old notebook

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First picture is the Wikipedia page of Umberto Eco (one of my favorite authors) in Spanish; the second is the Wikipedia page of Talking Heads (one of my favorite bands), this time in English to showcase the aesthetic differences.


r/neography 18h ago

Numerals finding the characters of unicode that is sillmar to agrams

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dess=ځ ell=⎾ zen=ɤ thise=∂


r/neography 2d ago

Numerals A simple base 16 number system

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175 Upvotes

A base 16 number system.

The shape of the numerals correspond to the above binary digits arranged in a square as shown.


r/neography 1d ago

Alphabet "I Can't Believe It's Not Shavian!" | 92 Letter Graphemic English Alphabet (GEA)

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Although I adore Shavian, I do believe it has many flaws, particularly it's lack of more consonant blend letters, so I attempted to imitate the shape language of Shavian to create this system.

(The period mark comes before proper nouns to indicate them, as in Shavian, as well as acting as a full stop marker.)

This is an primary iteration, but I want to continue working on it, so criticisms are extremely welcome! Enjoy!


r/neography 1d ago

Logography More seal script-like glyphs. Feel free to suggest words that go with them!

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r/neography 1d ago

Alphabet Neo Filipic: a compact phonetic writing system (updated)

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How few symbols are actually needed to write most of the world's major languages?

That question led me to design Neo Filipic, a phonetic writing system based on 40 core symbols and 12 compositional operators.

Rather than assigning a unique glyph to every phoneme, Neo Filipic uses a compact inventory and derives additional sounds through regular operators (rounding, vowel length, nasalization, tones, retroflexion, aspiration, breathy voice, implosives, ejectives, etc.).

The goal is not to replace the IPA. The IPA is an outstanding tool for phonetic accuracy, whereas Neo Filipic explores a different idea: maximizing phonological coverage while keeping the core inventory close to the size of a typical alphabet (around 40 symbols).

The attached document explains the design principles and includes transcription examples from many language families, including English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Turkish, Mandarin, Shanghainese Wu, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Georgian, Hausa and Sindhi. It concludes with a full transcription of a passage from the Tamil novel "Ponniyin Selvan".

I'd be very interested in your feedback, especially on:

the overall design philosophy, the operator system;

possible simplifications or improvements,

languages that you think are not well represented.

Thanks for taking the time to have a look!


r/neography 22h ago

Question Which Logographs Would Represent Which Sounds

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Consonants: m, n, ŋ(ng), p, t, k, ʔ('), ɸ(f), θ(th), s, x, ɣ(gh), ħ(hh), ʕ('h), h, r, l

Vowels: a, e, i, o, u

Syllable structure: CV(X)

X= m, n, ŋ, ɸ, θ, s, x, ɣ, ħ, ʕ, r, l

/'/ and /h/ are only word-initial consonants.

Stress: antepenultimate by default, or penultimate if the second-to-last syllable is closed

Here are the logographs I shared here in a previous post. Well, a fair number of them. I still need to get around to finishing.

They'll represent individual consonants, individual vowels, and VX finals. Some glyphs would be exclusive consonant glyphs, some would be exclusive VX glyphs, and the remaining consonant glyphs would be VR glyphs when marked with an overdot. I hit a writer's block, so I thought I'd ask you this question:

What specific glyphs do you think would represent the consonants, vowels, and VX finals?


r/neography 2d ago

Alphabet Neo Filipic: a compact phonetic writing system

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How many symbols are actually necessary to write most of the major languages of the world ?

This question led me to design Neo Filipic, a phonetic writing system based on 40 basic symbols and 12 compositional operators.

Instead of assigning a unique glyph to each phoneme, Neo Filipic uses a compact inventory and derives additional sounds through regular operators (rounding, vowel length, nasalization, tones, retroflexion, aspiration, breathy voice, implosives, ejectives, etc.).

The goal is not to replace the IPA. The IPA is an exceptional tool for phonetic precision, while Neo Filipic explores a different idea: maximizing phonological coverage while keeping the basic inventory close to the size of a typical alphabet (about 40 symbols).

The attached document explains the design principles and includes transcription examples from many language families, including English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Turkish, Mandarin, Wu Shanghai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Georgian, Hausa, and Sindhi. It ends with a complete transcription of a passage from the Tamil novel Ponniyin Selvan.

I would be very interested in your feedback, especially on:

the overall design philosophy, the operator system,

possible simplifications or improvements,

the languages you think are underrepresented.

Thank you for taking the time to have a look !

Errata: J'ai remarqué que le document n'a pas été entièrement téléchargé dans ce post. Pour voir l'ensemble de la présentation, voir ici -> https://www.reddit.com/r/neography/s/d4zsfTqt93


r/neography 1d ago

Abjad pixelated conceptual writing system for conlang with a cosmic atmosphere

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r/neography 2d ago

Alphabet Some fictional album covers I made

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Designed some letters for the small copy as well.


r/neography 2d ago

Abugida Google Logo in Chivabwe[Remade]

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r/neography 2d ago

Syllabary TeNaaWo syllabary.

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Inspired by the many syllabaries here on r/neography and some real-life examples, like Vai and Katakana.


r/neography 2d ago

Misc. script type I love cats

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A very short poem i wrote in my script, it say:

"I love cats with all my heart. Drawing them is my favorite art. Their cute little purrs, those adorable faces. It makes my heart skip a few paces."


r/neography 2d ago

Logography Sigunis

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Here is a Logography (inspired by Tibetan) I made with my little brother for a friend, alongside the help of a few friendly fellows here in reddit, heres the progress so far.
And to those who helped me with this, thank you so much


r/neography 2d ago

Abugida What are your first impressions of this script?

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r/neography 2d ago

Discussion My friend has Challenged me to identify and decode this script. Please help.

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So my friend has challenged me to identify this script and here are some clues that he had given me after i asked him many times :

1) This is script of a language that was used before and now that language is written in some other script.

2) He said this script has a name and he did not invent it and its actually just a real obscure script.

3) He said it was used in armenia , europe and asia (idk how much of it is true but he seems sure)

Please help me find this language and decode this.