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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. | //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. | ||
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+ | ===== Alphabet ===== | ||
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+ | The Nayabaru make a difference between the glyph logic of //vowels// and // | ||
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+ | ==== Consonants ==== | ||
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+ | The consonants are defined by three segments that have specific **angles** to each other, combined with two possible **strokes**. | ||
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+ | The // | ||
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+ | The // | ||
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+ | The angles themselves are defined through a triangular grid forming a basal hexagon (or for particularly wide-angled ones, two overlapping hexagons). | ||
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+ | //(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.)// | ||
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+ | 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: | ||
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+ | Similarly, for the strokes, the direction of the joint can be arbitrary (although there is usually only one obvious aesthetically pleasing arrangement, | ||
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+ | ==== Vowels ==== | ||
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+ | Vowels are (potential) combining glyphs, often drawn across the segments of consonents to bind them together. The following vowels have established glyphs: | ||
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+ | ^ A | {{: | ||
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+ | Arbitrary vowels can be combined into digraphs (e.g. here into the fantasy digraph //yu//): | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | ==== Consonant Glyphs ==== | ||
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+ | 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: | ||
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+ | ^ B (// | ||
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+ | ^ G (// | ||
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+ | ^ K (// | ||
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+ | ^ MT (// | ||
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+ | ^ SH (// | ||
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+ | ^ TL (// | ||
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+ | This is how the Nayabaru would arrange them when teaching the meanings to young Nayabaru: | ||
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+ | ^ M (// | ||
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+ | ^ P (// | ||
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+ | ^ D (// | ||
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+ | ^ GM (// | ||
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+ | ^ TP (// | ||
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+ | ^ TG (// | ||
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+ | ===== Examples ===== | ||
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+ | 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 // | ||
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+ | Or like this // | ||
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+ | Or like this //(E with a bridging element, bracketing an each well-proportioned H and SH)//: | ||
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