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Zaarin wrote:That script (and papyrus) is gorgeous.

Thank you very much!

For my wife's birthday, I wrote a small birthday note in Lortho on Egyptian papyrus. I couldn't be more happier about the final result. https://i.imgur.com/mfACSNsl.jpg Here is the IPA, romanization, gloss, and translation (don't worry, it's not too personal): [kʰaɾ luˈtʰaɾikʰin hin ˈmanːumɛ ˈhaɾlik...

In this post, I want to present to you all the development of the script from inception to now. Below are five images in chronological order. A couple of texts have spelling mistakes, but the intent is to show how the script looked at that particular stage in development. ---- 26 Feburary 2017: http...

Zaarin wrote:I like the aesthetic, both of the writing system and the language itself.

Thank you!

Hello fellow conlangers! I wanted to share my latest work with the community. Some of you might know about the language Lortho - some through the posts about its writing system. This time around, I wanted to share an overview of the language here. ---- The Basics Type : Agglutinating Alignment : Nom...

Lortho

Day 20:

loshan (loshan-) [lo.ˈʃɑn]
v.i.

1. to rise
2. to succeed, be promoted

Lortho

Day 19:

koshar [ko.ˈʃɑɾ]
adv.

1. carefully; with precision

Lortho _____________________________________ Day 15: neilu [ˈneɪ.lu] (pl neilune ) n. fem the fruit of the neilanu tree mulled wine made from the neilu only used in religious ceremonies during the winter solstice sokuri [so.ˈku.ɾi] (pl sokureni ) n. masc idol; deity of another culture/religion

Wow, Lexember really hasn't taken off this year, has it. On the contrary, Lexember is quite busy in the CONLANG-L and Twitter realms. ________________________________ For Lexember the 12th, I decided to publish a short story in my conlang Lortho . Here is the story: The Unlucky Fox [/size] https://...

hwhatting wrote: Next: woodpecker

Lortho:

pilanu [pi.'lɑ.nu] (n. fem.) woodpecker; chisel, awl (plural ~ne)
kilikhu pilanu ludalhotame. The woodpecker sees its food.

Next: to feel; sense; understand

Nu fastus sam tócafis worrafis dechaim! Now calendar-(PL)-ACC with such-N.PL.INSTR saying-(PL).INSTR make-PRES.SUBJ.1.PL Now let's make a calendar with such sayings! harla ma ikhi shina lima! harl-a ma ikhi shin-a lima! be -3NSG PN.DEM one good-N idea.N That is a good idea!

masako wrote:I liked your sentence, so I used it. =)

Thank you! I liked your photo, so I followed suit.

Brilliant! Thank you both for the guidance. I just needed a way to accurately represent the pronunciation as best as I can. I will incorporate this into my lexicon.

Are there IPA representations for geminate consonants? In my conlang, I have separate characters differentiating between a short and long consonant. There is a symbol which denotes an elongated vowel using the suprasegmental [ː] ; however, I have not seen a specific symbol used with consonants (perh...