Project Simulated Evolution of Dlateequ

The D'lateek Alphabet

Current work on "Srian DlaTeequ" (April 16, 2002 - updated Dec. 6 2002)

You'll notice:
9 squares
1 circle
9 lines (when constructed in a certain way and not including the circle)

The nine squares and one circle reflect a  belief within the Compound of the Gods' Nine that there exist 10 dieties, one of which, Dlah, was thrown from Heaven down to Earth where he took the form of a black mare.  Dlah is represented by the circle.  The 9 lines can be broken down and reformed to create different letters.  I'm still in the process of doing that.  An interesting thing to note is that each of the 10 lines have a numeric value (1 - 9) and therefore letters and  words may have values too.  

Generally speaking, the overall Square is constructed left to right, top to bottom.  The inside of the Square is constructed left to right.  Note that any horizontal line followed by a downward vertical line is connected to said vertical line.

When creating letters, scale is generally irrelevant.  This includes any letters which might make use of the circle.  Any letters like this would be of ancient origin (a proto-alphabet you might say) and would be regarded within the  Compound of the Gods' Nine to be evil.

Srian Alphabet, Phonology, and Rules:

The alphabet is written vertically, left to right.  The letter is usually written using lines 6, 7, or 9 first, followed by 3, 4, or 8 then 1, 2, or 5 (see above)  However, there are exceptions where 1, 2, or 5 would be the first line drawn, usually depending on the letter preceding it.  I've yet to isolate these exceptions.
You'll notice three letters label in srianalpabet.jpg as "exceptions", specifically the letters [W], [DL], and [L].  These letters are derived from the circle or "10th line", therefore associated with the Dark Mare and evil.  As a countermeasure, [W] [DL] and [L] are constructed from lines 1, 2, and 5, plus the little mark (being line 6, 4, or 9).  [W], [DL] and [L] only appear at the beginning of words, [W] instead of [G], [DL] instead of [D], and [L] instead of [R].
At the moment, the letter [QU] would only be used when preceded by [EE].

A note on transliteration: vowels are sometimes written differently, such as [I] instead of [EE] or [AY] instead of [AE].  All of the transliteration flukes are noted in parentheses in the table above.  The only vowels that don't have alternative transliterations are [AI], [OY], and [IH].  The reason I bring this up is to make sure everybody understands what when I write something like "dlatiqu", it should be read dlateequ and not dlatihk.

The Current Symbols (or "ionien D'laTeequ") as designed by ion (as of Nov. 17, 1999)

With Further Designs by SR388

The D'lateek Font v1by SR388 (March 31, 2000 self-extracting zip)

Alphabet as designed by Ohvhil
(August 30 2001)

The Letters as outlined by Jehn (as of Dec. 6, 1999)

a, ae, ai, au, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, l, m, n, o, oi, p, qu, r, s, t, u, us, v, x, y

A Rough Pronunciation Guide:

a=ah as in the D'ni word "shorah"
ae=ahy This starts off as an "i" sound as in the "i" sound in the
English word "lie". then it gives a distinct long-e sound at the
end as in the "e" in the English word "eat".
ai=ai/ay the same sound as in the "ay" in the English/D'ni word
"say"
au=ow A shorter "o" sound then in the English word "how"
b=b a regular "b" sound as in the English word "but"
c=k a "k" sound as in the English word "kite"
d=d a d sound as in the English word "do"
e=eh the "eh" sound in D'ni as in the D'ni word "sehkh"
f=f the "f" sound as in the English word "fall"
g=hard/soft g?
h=silent as in Spanish or pronounced as in English? (I
personally think it should be silent)
i=ih as in the "i" sound in the English word "it"
j=soft g sound as in the English name "Jennifer" (well what other
name/word do you think I'd pick? g)
k=letter? I found no instances of a "k" in D'lateek.
l=l a "l" sound as in the English word "let"
m=m as in the English word "more"
n=n as in the English word "not"
o=oh as in the "o" in the D'ni word "shorah"
oi=oy as in the oy in the English word "boy"
p=p as in the English word "politics"
q=k as in the k sound in the English word "kidding"
r=r as in the r sound in the English word "rotate"
s=s as in the s sound in the English word "sun"
t=t as in the t sound in the English word "terrible"
ts=s as in the s in "sound"
u=oo as in the oo sound in the English word "moose"
v=v as in the name of my evil twin sister "Vaaht"
w=letter? I saw no "w" in D'lateek.
x=x as in the x in the word "ax"
y=letter? I saw no "y" in D'lateek.
z=letter? there was no instance of a "z" in D'lateek.

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