Phyrean script

Phyrean script
staeðau fwyrdunwyz
Phyrean script; staeðau fwyrdunwyz
Script type	Alphabet
Time period	ca. 120 BNB – Present
Direction	Left-to-right
Languages	Phyrean and many other languages around the Orddonach, plus colonies.
Related scripts
Parent systems	Bhymian hieroglyphs Matari script Vedan script Old Phyrean scripts Phyrean script; ; ; ;
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The Phyrean script is an alphabetic writing system employed in much of the Orddonach, originally meant to encode the Phyrean language. Today it is also used to write Ascon, Toamts, Hogharrhyan, and many other, mostly Namuno-Ethian languages. It is prolific as well in colonies founded by Namuno-Ethian-speaking peoples, such as those found in southern Gogg.

Letters

Sound values given here are based on the original Phyrean pronunciations of these letters. Different languages may present significant differences, but the baseline remains mostly uniform across all languages that have adopted the script.

Letter	Name		Pronunciation		Notes
Letter	Elder Phyrean	Modern Phyrean	Elder Phyrean	Modern Phyrean	Notes
B . b	barta, BARTA	ber, br	[b]
V . v	varna, VARNA	fer, vr	[v]
D . d	danta, DANTA	den, dn	[d]
Z . z	ꝛaχta, ZAXTA	rhech, zx	[r̥]
Q . q	λytta, QITTA	lled, qd	[ɬ]
U . u	u, UGYMNETABĪS	ugymned, ugymnd	[u]	[ɨ]	Modern name from Middle Phyrean u gymned "yoke-u" to distinguish it from hynu.
Ū . ū	u soλ, USOQ	uroll, uroq	[u:]	[ɨ:]
N . n	nima, NIMA	ni, ni	[n]
M . m	mawa, MAWA	mi, mi	[m]
L . l . ḷ	li, LI	li, li	[l]
E . e . ẹ	ena, ENA	ena, ena	[n]
Ē . ē	e soλ, ESOQ	eroll, eroq	[e]
Ð . ð	ði, ÐI	ddan, ðan	[ð]
S . s	san, SAN	san, san	[s]
A . a	aneta, ANETA	aned, and	[a]
Ā . ā	a soλ, ASOQ	aroll, aroq	[a:]
T . t	ti, TI	ti, ti	[t]
C . c	ka, CA	ce, ce	[k]
R . r	ra, RA	re, re	[r]
H . h	horu, HORU	hwyr, hwyr	[h]
I . i	ina, INA	ina, ina	[i]
Ī . ī	i mōnt, IMŌNT	ifód, ivōd	[i:]
J . j	-	jan, jan	-	[j]	Innovated in ca. 662 ANB for Middle Phyrean.
Þ . þ	ϑarta, ÞARTA	the, þe	[tʰ]	[θ]
G . g	gyia, GYIA	ge, ge	[g]
Y . y	ynu, YNU	hynu, hynu	[ʏ~y]	[ɨ]
Ȳ . ȳ	y mōnt, YMŌNT	hyfód, hyvōd	[ʏ:]	[ɨ:]
W . w	warna, WARNA	wyn, wyn	[w]	[w~ʊ]
Ẅ . ẅ	-	wyn mód, wyn mōd	-	[u:]	Innovated in the 180s BNB for Old High Phyrean.
X . x	χyta, XYTA	che, xe	[kʰ]	[x]
P . p	pykra, PYCRA	pe, pe	[p]
F . f	φista, FISTA	ffe, fe	[pʰ]	[f]
K . k	ỽyma, KYMA	ferbyr, vrbyr~krbyr	[ṽ]	[v~w~n]	In Phyrean it is only used in traditional orthography. In modernistic orthography it is replaced by v, w and n.
O . o	on, ON	on, on	[o]
Ō . ō	on soλ, ONSOQ	ontoll, ontoq	[o:]

Punctuation

Basic punctuation

Phyrean makes use of a series of dots, dashes, commas and other small symbols for basic punctuation. These originate from early medieval manuscripts where shorthand and cursive were beginning to take shape.

Punct.	Name	Meaning	Use
_,	pwg gwytherddy, pwg gwyþrðy	"low dot"	Marks word-to-word hyphenation.
_.	pwg, pwg	"dot"	Separates subordinate clauses.
_;	pwgwy noid, pwg noid	"double dots"	Separates coordinate clauses.
_:	pwgwy moed, pwg moed	"triple dots"	Ends sentences.
_^	pwgwy ny hwarm, pwgwy ny hwarm	"dots and tail"	Ends paragraphs.
_~	hwarm, hwarm	"tail"	Marks ellipsis.
_‘	chwys a ffént, xwys a fēnt	"name mark"	Marks proper nouns.
_{‘ ’}	feirwy, veirwy	"horns"	Marks emphasis on a word or phrase. Not for exclamation.
_{“ ”}	chwy be furmwyth, xwy be vurmwyþ	"answer marks"	Marks paraphrasis of a word or phrase.
_{( )}	murfynwy, murvynwy	"reports"	Marks quotations.
_{[ ]}	bytfurfynwy, bytvurvynwy	"underreports"	Quotations within quotations.
_-	bytfynau, bytvynau	"interruption"	Introduces a new idea mid-sentence.
_{< >}	minwy, minwy	"binds"	Introduces parentheticals.
_*	chwys a ngmoju, xwys a ngmoju	"mistake mark"	Marks a mistake before following corrections.
₌		"document mark"	(Only used in long documents) marks the start of a document.
_{¡ \}		"swirls"
_¢		"chapter mark"	(Only used in long documents) marks the start of a chapter.
_§		"segment mark"	(Only used in long documents) marks the start of a segment within a chapter.
		"column"	(Poetry) separates verses.

Prosodic punctuation

Starting from the late medieval era, a series of marks began being used prolifically by novelists and playwrights as shorthand for coding emotion and prosody into their writing.

Punct.	Name	Meaning	Use
_{{ }}		"shouts"	Marks text meant to be shouted.
_`		"whisper"	Marks text meant to be whispered/murmured/mumbled.
_{! a!}	chwys wo, xwys wo	"oh! mark"	Marks a vocative or exclamation. It is placed above the stressed vowel of the central word in a phrase.
_{? a?}	chwys a laid, xwys a laid	"question mark"	Marks a question. It is placed above the stressed vowel of the central word in a phrase.