#logographic

[igoryelin]

A sample of what the Asamic script used for my conlang (Asamvuk) looks like now.

I post it mostly for the aesthetics, BUT:

as you can see, some characters are more complex than others. for example the 2nd one is a single syllable ("ḋa" /d͡ʐa/ – animal)

then there are the complex characters, made up of two to four base (simple, single syllable) characters. characters 4-6 are made up of two base characters (the 6th is "ma" (about) + "sọŀ" (meeting) = "masọŀ" /masʲɔw/ – conference)

characters 1 and 3 are made up of three base characters.

the 3rd one means "wild animal" (one that specifically lives in a forest). the first two characters are both "sạ" /sʲa/ – plant. together they mean "forest". BUT the third one is "ḋa" /d͡ʐa/ – animal. together they give us "sạsạḋa" /sʲa.sʲa.d͡ʐa/ – wild animal.

simple. the Asamic script might have many many thousands of characters in total, but you can read most of them knowing only.....a couple thousand!

one word = one character

90% of the time you stack the characters from top to bottom, left to right. but there are exceptions, where the characters have a more original structure, like:

• a 2:1 size ratio (characters size) instead of the standard 1:1. 2:1 is used for example for making adverbs: the character turning the adjective into an adverb has no reason to be as big as the adjective itself!

• in characters made up of 3 base characters, one (usually the first one) might be half the size of the entire character instead of 1/3. also to show its the most important part of it.

• characters made up of 4 base characters are practically always standard in structure.

[gentledilapidatrix]

How do people make syllabaries?? I'm trying to construct a logosyllabary for my balto-slavic conlang, and my mind is melting.

Mine would have separate vowels for ь, ъ, and ѣ alongside hard and soft versions of all the normal vowels... even if I group some together, there are very few single-syllable words in any of the swadesh lists I've been looking at which allow for a convenient pictograph to start with.

My brain is a little wyrm in a metal cage, and every time I learn something new, I bash my head against the bars.. the cage gets bigger, but I get a headache.

[aesthetic-mushroom-cultist]

I have started ANOTHER conlang aughhhh😭

Word for today:

kòp (IPA: ko:b˩)

n.

physical object, physical thing

This character uses the root word, kò [ko:˩] which means "be", and an affix (the horizontal line at the top) that makes it a physical noun.

Note: EVERY word in this language has an affix or suffix attached to it. The root words themselves are considered meaningless in formal conversation, but is used in informal coversations to represent their base concepts.

The origin of the root character "kò" actually comes from the shape of an extremely common marsh dwelling bird, which are considered messengers of the gods sent to survey the land. If you squint you might (?) be able to see the bird with its little puffed out belly!!!

For the sound it makes, (kò) it comes from the mating call of the bird.

[noosphe-re]

Mixtec art is essentially pictorial, a graphic art, decorative in spirit, with a strong emphasis on precious craftsmanship. No one in their time surpassed the technology of the Mixtecs in the applied arts. They were masters in metallurgy, in lapidary work, in the making of fine decorative ceramics, in fine carving in wood and bone, and in the making of pictorial manuscripts. It is greatly to be regretted that such perishable examples of art as textiles, shown in sculptures and paintings, were not preserved, and that of wood-carving and the fine art of feather mosaic only a few examples remain, mostly in European museums.

—Miguel Covarrubias, Indian art of Mexico and Central America

via https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/writing/mixtec-designs

[thecrazyworldbuilder]

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[theywhospeak]

"I went up to a/the dog and pet it, but I also didn't"

A little test sentence inteded to show off the weird tense system this purely semagraphic language has. Semagraphic means that nothing in the sentence actually has a pronunciation and the language is purely written. The people who spoke it, or rather wrote in it, were apparently capable of perceiving two time dimensions instead of only one like we're used to, making it possible for them to see many timelines at once.

[alxndrchristian]

Vintage Dessert Label

I am a huge fan of sorbet, so I thought why not show my appreciation with a vintage sorbet label. Mango sorbet is my favourite just throwing it out there.

If anyone has a tips or feedback much appreciated.

[amalgamortuum]

A sample of the Sui writing system. Logographic and/or pictographic in nature. 

Used to write the Sui language, a Tai–Kadai language spoken by the Sui people of Guizhou province in China. The Sui language is written with Chinese characters for everyday writing purposes, while the Sui script is used by shamans for divination purposes. The Sui script is in danger of extinction but efforts are being made to revitalize it (Wikipedia). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Liùjiǎ_Fǎnshū,_Page_3.JPG