Vinglyph
Vinglyph is a phonetic writing system modeled after the Ayeri Ornament Script by Carston Becker, modified and adapted for English. In particular:
- Vowels have been simplified to make them faster and easier to write
- Certain other letters have been modified and/or simplified
- Missing phonemes have been added to create a complete English phonology
- Voiced/unvoiced phoneme pairs maintain a visual relationship (namely, voiced phonemes have a leading curl)
- Rules governing inversion have been defined
- Numerals and punctuation have been created
| Consonants | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latin | Vin | IPA | Example | Latin | Vin | IPA | Example | ||||
| p | p | p | pen | b | b | b | ball | ||||
| t | t | t | to | d | d | d | dog | ||||
| k | k | k | kite | g | g | g | get | ||||
| ch | c | tʃ | chip | j | j | dʒ | just | ||||
| f | f | f | fox | v | v | v | very | ||||
| th | T | θ | think | th | H | ð | this | ||||
| s | s | s | sew | z | z | z | zoo | ||||
| sh | S | ʃ | she | zh | Z | ʒ | azure | ||||
| l | l | l | last | r | r | r | run | ||||
| y | y | j | yes | w | w | w | will | ||||
| h | h | h | heart | m | m | m | man | ||||
| n | n | n | no | ng | N | ŋ | song | ||||
| Vowels | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short | Long | Diphthong-ɪ | Diphthong-ʊ | |||||||||
| Latin | Vin | IPA | Example | Vin | IPA | Example | Vin | IPA | Example | Vin | IPA | Example |
| a | a | æ | at, can | A | ɑ, ɔ | father, all | Y | aɪ | eye, aisle | W | aʊ | out, now |
| e | e | ɛ | end, bet | E | e, eɪ | eight, ale | ||||||
| i | i | ɪ | if, sit | I | i | eat, pizza | ||||||
| o | o | ə, ʌ | oven, up | O | o, oʊ | open, note | P | ɔɪ | oil, joy | |||
| u | u | ʊ | hook, should | U | u | flute, spoon | ||||||
| Vowel Combinations with R | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vin | IPA | Example | Vin | IPA | Example | ||||||
| B | ɑr | are, star | G | ær | arrow, marriage | ||||||
| C | ɪər | ear, iridescent | J | ɛr | air, errand, spare | ||||||
| D | ɔr | or, soar | K | ɜr | fir, earn, urgent | ||||||
| F | ʊr | poor, tour | |||||||||
| Numbers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Punctuation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| period | . | comma | , |
| question mark | ? | exclamation point | ! |
| colon | : | semicolon | ; |
| left double quote | “ | right double quote | ” |
| dollar sign | $ | percent | % |
Inversion
The following consonants may be inverted: /t/ t, /d/ d, /tʃ/ c, /dʒ/ j, /f/ f, /v/ v, /θ/ T, /ð/ H, /s/ s, /z/ z, /ʃ/ S, /ʒ/ Z, /m/ m, /n/ n, and /ŋ/ N. When two or more consonants from this set appear in succession, each alternate consonant is inverted, as in the words “and” I or “against” M.
Sample Text
The following example illustrates a passage of text transcribed into Vinglyph.
A B C D E F,
G H I J!
A K L M D N,
O P Q R S T U,
I V W O S X Y Z.
a b c d b e
f B g h D B i!
B j k l, m I n,
o p q I r D N.
P k s f c d t u v,
p w x P y z 1.
A c d 2 Y 3 F,
G H I J!
Let the children of God rejoice,
both now and forevermore!
Let them sing songs of praise,
for He has given us life everlasting,
and laid up for us treasure in Heaven.
Blessed are those who are called
to the marriage supper of the Lamb!
The Lord is good, gracious and pure,
crowned with beauty and worthy of praise.
He is near to those who call on Him,
with tender compassion He hears their prayer.
Let those who trust in Christ rejoice,
both now and forevermore!
Comments
A budding neographer, huh? I had to look that up, LOL. You sound like a kindred spirit!
I'm curious as to how you happened to find this website?
no grief too great for Him to console.