#kwandon

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had NO clue you did work on star-crossed— that’s one of my favorite forgotten shows!!!!

Aw, I had fun working on that show. :) Loved that writing system.

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The way you conveyed vowels in the Kwandon abjad is so inventive and cool :D

Thank you! That’s one of the things I’ve done that I thought was pretty innovative. Glad someone liked it. :)

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For someone who asked for it: This is Courtney in Sondiv’s Kwandon script.

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Please how write Teri by Kwandon script ???

That’s one I’ve done before. :) Here it is:

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I was reading you Kwandon post but i don't get what a nominal pattern is, could you explain please? Thank you!

Basically, what it’s saying is this:

If you have two consonants, replace the s and k you see in the 24 nominal patterns of Sondiv with your two consonants, and you’ll get a word that sounds like that.

If you have three consonants, replace the s, k and t you see in the 24 nominal patterns of Sondiv with your two consonants, and you’ll get a word that sounds like that.

I’ll give you an example. Nominal pattern VIII in the singular is esika with the consonants s and k. Now let’s say you wanted to write the name Erica. First, think of how it sounds, and stick to that (so no c: it’s a k sound). Next you find a pattern that sounds close to that if you replace s and k with your two consonants (here r and k). Swap out the consonants, but write it the way it says to in the description of nominal pattern VIII. In the description, it says 4H. What that means is you use MOD4 in the table above on the first of the two consonants (the r), and then you write the consonant h afterwards. The result is this:

There is a catch, though! In Sondiv, there’s a regular sound change that causes r to become d before i or u. This means the result is Edika. That’s close, but we can actually get that r back by canceling it with a following (silent) h. So you go through the same thing again, but this time with three consonants: r, h and k. This results in the following:

And that is spelled erhika, but pronounced like Erica.

It’s not easy, by any means, but I didn’t design it to be easy. I was semi-inspired by French orthography, since the show took place in New Orleans, and we had the nasalized vowels. I was looking for something challenging but systematic, and that’s pretty much the definition of the French orthography.

Thanks for the ask!

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Hi im a new Sondiv fan and your post has really helped me with the language, but I wanted to know if you had an alphabet or some sort of translator or guide so I can write the language on my own. Thank you :)

I did a big post on it here. That should give you everything you need to know to be able to write in the Kwandon script.

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Hi, throwing it back to star crossed (I’m watching it over again hehe). I know that you originally said that sondiv is an abjad. I speak Hebrew, and I know that most abjads come from the Semitic family. I was just wondering if sondiv is also read right to left like Hebrew?

No, it’s read left to right. It’s not related to any writing system from our world.

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What is the alphabet in Sondiv?

I did an entire post on the Sondiv abjad here.