Ji'lako: Difference between revisions
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=== Example Text === | === Example Text === | ||
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''Sa'fao'je'' (lit. Joined Families) | ''Sa'fao'je'' (lit. Joined Families) | ||
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''I'sa'miukai ra sana'' (lit. Siblings of Blood) | ''I'sa'miukai ra sana'' (lit. Siblings of Blood) | ||
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''Rai'kă'pę'' (lit. God Worm) | ''Rai'kă'pę'' (lit. God Worm) | ||
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{{jilako|15px}} | {{jilako|15px}} | ||
sa<br> | sa<br> | ||
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je | je | ||
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{{jilako|15px}} | {{jilako|15px}} | ||
qi<br> | qi<br> | ||
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na | na | ||
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{{jilako|15px}} | {{jilako|15px}} | ||
r1<br> | r1<br> | ||
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pE | pE | ||
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=== Transliterating the Writing System === | === Transliterating the Writing System === | ||
Revision as of 05:38, 20 March 2026
Ji'Lako (fig. Sand Tongue), also known as Ji'laka (fig. Way of the Sand) is the language spoken by the Mukasa peoples in the Salt Desert. It developed almost entirely in isolation from other languages, and thus is not mutually intelligible with anything.
Understanding the Writing System
The writing system is a Reverse Abugida; each letter is composed of a left (optional) and right half, the left representing a consonant prefix and the right representing either a vowel or vowel combination sound. The letters themselves are read vertically, top to bottom, left to right. Columns of text have a contiguous vertical line running through them, even where whitespace would be. The only punctuation is a short horizontal dash, used to join words together into grammatical combinations.
Example Text
|
Sa'fao'je (lit. Joined Families) |
I'sa'miukai ra sana (lit. Siblings of Blood) |
Rai'kă'pę (lit. God Worm) |
|---|---|---|
|
sa |
qi |
r1 |
Transliterating the Writing System
There is an alternate character set for writing Ji'lako sounds in more common glyphs; it is what is in use whenever Ji'lako crops up on this wiki.
The word-joining dash is represented with an apostrophe ('). The Ji'lako writing system has no formal sense of capitalization, though it is stylistically recommended when transliterating to capitalize proper nouns, names, and the beginnings of sentences. Punctuation, though also not part of Ji'lako, can be employed for clarity as one sees fit.
Glyphs
The full set of glyphs, along with their transliterated counterparts and pronunciation, is presented here.
| Glyph | Transliteration | IPA |
|---|---|---|
a
|
A/a | a |
A
|
Ă/ă | ʌ |
e
|
E/e | ɛ |
E
|
Ę/ę | e |
i
|
I/i | i |
o
|
O/o | o |
u
|
U/u | u |
| Glyph | Transliteration | IPA |
|---|---|---|
1
|
AI/ai | ai |
2
|
AO/ao | ao |
3
|
AU/au | au |
5
|
IA/ia | jɑ |
6
|
IĂ/iă | jʌ |
7
|
IE/ie | jɛ |
8
|
IĘ/ię | je |
9
|
IO/io | jo |
0
|
IU/iu | ju |
| Glyph | Transliteration | IPA |
|---|---|---|
b
|
B/b | b |
c
|
Ç/ç | t͡ʃ |
d
|
D/d | d |
f
|
F/f | f |
g
|
G/g | g |
h
|
H/h | h |
j
|
J/j | d͡ʑ |
k
|
K/k | k |
l
|
L/l | l |
m
|
M/m | m |
n
|
N/n | n |
p
|
P/p | p |
r
|
R/r | ɾ |
s
|
S/s | s |
S
|
SH/sh | ʃ |
t
|
T/t | t |
T
|
TH/th | θ |
v
|
V/v | v |
w
|
W/w | w |
x
|
X/x | z |
z
|
Z/z | ʐ |
Grammar
Oh god oh no (Forthcoming)