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 //Lashala// are responsible for the application of tattoos. This is not usually a one-time matter, but a ritual recurrence - tattoos will fade with age and need to be freshened at regular intervals.
+===== Alphabet =====
+The Nayabaru make a difference between the glyph logic of //vowels// and //consonants//.
+==== Consonants ====
+The consonants are defined by three segments that have specific **angles** to each other, combined with two possible **strokes**.
+{{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-stroke-a.png?nolink&60 |}}
+The //tsha͡um// ("//sharp//") stroke brings the angled segments together in a sharp-tipped manner, each running together as two (or in the rare constellations where more than two segments share a single joint, all three) distinct lines with their own flow.
+{{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-stroke-b.png?nolink&60 |}}
+The //fega͡uri// ("//hollow//") stroke brings the segments together as though they were being nestled against an invisible circle at the joint and merges the flow of the segments into an inner curve.
+The angles themselves are defined through a triangular grid forming a basal hexagon (or for particularly wide-angled ones, two overlapping hexagons).
+{{ :nayabaru:society:tattoo-grid-basic.png?nolink |}}
+//(Our example symbol does not fit onto this grid and indeed forms no consonant, although the glyph for K or TK come close, and the example symbol might be interpreted as a sloppy rendition of these consonants by Nayabaru who see it.)//
+The **length of individual segments** as well as the **rotation of the entire glyph** are irrelevant. Take for example the letter T. All three of the following arrangements are the letter T:
+| {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-t-1.png?nolink|}} | {{ :nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-t-2.png?nolink|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-t-3.png?nolink |}} |
+Similarly, for the strokes, the direction of the joint can be arbitrary (although there is usually only one obvious aesthetically pleasing arrangement, unless the joint is combining segments at a 180° angle):
+| {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-tp.png?nolink|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-tp-alt.png?nolink |}} |
+==== Vowels ====
+Vowels are (potential) combining glyphs, often drawn across the segments of consonents to bind them together. The following vowels have established glyphs:
+^ A | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-vowel-a.png?direct&50|}} ^ E | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-vowel-e.png?direct&50|}} ^ I | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-vowel-i.png?direct&50|}} ^ O | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-vowel-o.png?direct&50|}} ^ U | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-vowel-u.png?direct&50|}} ^ Y | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-vowel-y.png?direct&50|}} |
+Arbitrary vowels can be combined into digraphs (e.g. here into the fantasy digraph //yu//):
+{{ :nayabaru:society:tattoo-vowel-yu.png?nolink&100 |}}
+It's worth emphasising that vowels do **not** need to be drawn with a bridging element, although this is often done. See the examples section for visual examples of the difference.
+==== Consonant Glyphs ====
+There are 15 different angular arrangements in use, combining with the two strokes into 30 consonants. Here they are, arranged for ease of human consumption:
+| {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-b.png?direct&60|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-bt.png?direct&60|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-ch.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-d.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-f.png?direct&100|}} |
+^ B (//tsha͡um//) ^ BT (//tsha͡um//) ^ CH (//tsha͡um//) ^ D (//tsha͡um//) ^ F (//fega͡uri//) ^
+| {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-g.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-gm.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-gs.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-h.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-j-archaic.png?direct&40|}} |
+^ G (//fega͡uri//) ^ GM (//fega͡uri//) ^ GS (//fega͡uri//) ^ H (//tsha͡um//) ^ J (//tsha͡um//) \\ (archaic) ^
+| {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-k.png?direct&50|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-ks.png?direct&50|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-kt.png?direct&60|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-l.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-m.png?direct&70|}} |
+^ K (//tsha͡um//) ^ KS (//tsha͡um//) ^ KT (//fega͡uri//) ^ L (//fega͡uri//) ^ M (//tsha͡um//) ^
+| {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-mt.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-n.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-p.png?direct&40|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-r.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-s.png?direct&50|}} |
+^ MT (//fega͡uri//) ^ N (//tsha͡um//) ^ P (//tsha͡um//) ^ R (//tsha͡um//) ^ S (//fega͡uri//) ^
+| {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-sh.png?direct&60|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-sr.png?direct&40|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-t-1.png?direct&60|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-tg.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-tk.png?direct&50|}} |
+^ SH (//tsha͡um//) ^ SR (//fega͡uri//) ^ T (//tsha͡um//) ^ TG (//fega͡uri//) ^ TK (//fega͡uri//) ^
+| {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-tl.png?direct&100|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-tm.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-tp.png?direct&40|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-tsh.png?direct&60|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-v.png?direct&60|}} |
+^ TL (//tsha͡um//) ^ TM (//fega͡uri//) ^ TP (//fega͡uri//) ^ TSH (//fega͡uri//) ^ V (//fega͡uri//) ^
+This is how the Nayabaru would arrange them when teaching the meanings to young Nayabaru:
+| {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-m.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-k.png?direct&50|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-t-1.png?direct&60|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-sh.png?direct&60|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-b.png?direct&60|}} |
+^ M (//tsha͡um//) ^ K (//tsha͡um//) ^ T (//tsha͡um//) ^ SH (//tsha͡um//) ^ B (//tsha͡um//) ^
+| {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-p.png?direct&40|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-ch-alt.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-n-alt.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-tl.png?direct&100|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-h-alt.png?direct&70|}} |
+^ P (//tsha͡um//) ^ CH (//tsha͡um//) ^ N (//tsha͡um//) ^ TL (//tsha͡um//) ^ H (//tsha͡um//) ^
+| {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-d.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-r.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-ks.png?direct&50|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-bt.png?direct&60|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-j-archaic.png?direct&40|}} |
+^ D (//tsha͡um//) ^ R (//tsha͡um//) ^ KS (//tsha͡um//) ^ BT (//tsha͡um//) ^ J (//tsha͡um//) \\ (archaic) ^
+| {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-gm.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-tk.png?direct&50|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-tsh.png?direct&60|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-l.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-v.png?direct&60|}} |
+^ GM (//fega͡uri//) ^ TK (//fega͡uri//) ^ TSH (//fega͡uri//) ^ L (//fega͡uri//) ^ V (//fega͡uri//) ^
+| {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-tp.png?direct&40|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-g-alt.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-gs-alt.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-f.png?direct&100|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-tm-alt.png?direct&70|}} |
+^ TP (//fega͡uri//) ^ G (//fega͡uri//) ^ GS (//fega͡uri//) ^ F (//fega͡uri//) ^ TM (//fega͡uri//) ^
+| {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-tg.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-mt.png?direct&70|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-s.png?direct&50|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-kt.png?direct&60|}} | {{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-consonant-sr.png?direct&40|}} |
+^ TG (//fega͡uri//) ^ MT (//fega͡uri//) ^ S (//fega͡uri//) ^ KT (//fega͡uri//) ^ SR (//fega͡uri//) ^
+===== Examples =====
+Given the rotational freedom of consonant glyphs, the arbitrary length of segments //in// consonant glyphs, and the choice whether or not to use a bridging element in vowels and whether or not to use them as consonant brackets, Nayabaru have vast freedoms in expressing titles in aesthetically pleasing ways. As an example, the title //[[:nayabaru:society:title|Hesh]]// could be rendered so //(E without a bridging element, bracketing an each well-proportioned H and SH)//:
+{{ :nayabaru:society:tattoo-hesh-rendition-1.png }}
+Or like this //(stand-alone E with a bridging element, SH with one segment exaggeratedly long, H well-proportioned)//:
+{{ :nayabaru:society:tattoo-hesh-rendition-2.png }}
+Or like this //(E with a bridging element, bracketing an each well-proportioned H and SH)//:
+{{ :nayabaru:society:tattoo-hesh-rendition-3.png }}