A'nu Biss wrote:It's a possibility. The only thing I'm not certain about is how that would be represented in Mando'a script. Ideally, I'd like the Mando'a script and the Romanization to be 1:1 representations of the words.
Adi'karta wrote:I'm separating your list by consonants vs vowels, mostly for my own notes:
Consonants: (
IPA transcription reference)
[tr][th]sound[/th][th]IPA[/th][th]examples[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]m[/td][td]
m[/td][td]
man,
mo
m[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]n[/td][td]
n[/td][td]
no,
night[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]d[/td][td]
d[/td][td]
dive,
dark[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]r[/td][td]
ɹ[/td][td]
right,
red[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]h[/td][td]
h[/td][td]
hate,
hide[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]b[/td][td]
b[/td][td]
bind, ru
bber[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]y[/td][td]
j[/td][td]
yes,
yard[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]t[/td][td]
t[/td][td]
top,
tight[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]sh[/td][td]
ʃ[/td][td]
shoot, pu
sh[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]j[/td][td]
dʒ[/td][td]
jump,
jedi[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]k[/td][td]
k[/td][td]bla
ck, atta
ck[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]l[/td][td]
l[/td][td]
labe
l,
light[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]s[/td][td]
s[/td][td]
sit,
saber[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]v[/td][td]
v[/td][td]
victory,
vice[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]p[/td][td]
p[/td][td]
place,
pet[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]z[/td][td]
z[/td][td]
zap, fi
zz[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]g[/td][td]
g[/td][td]
ghost,
give[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]ch[/td][td]
tʃ[/td][td]
cheese, fet
ch[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]w[/td][td]
w[/td][td]
why,
water[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]f[/td][td]
f[/td][td]
fate,
food[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]'[/td][td]
ʔ[/td][td]uh
-oh, li
ttle (with British accent)[/td][/tr][/table]
Vowels: (
IPA transcription reference - note: interpretation is contingent upon my Miwdest American accent and may not be perfectly representative)
[tr][th]sound[/th][th]IPA[/th][th]examples[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]a[/td][td]
ä[/td][td]f
ather, h
ah
a -- One thing I'm unclear on with this letter, it can apparently also be '
æ' as in b
at, m
an? Are there rules on when?[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]o[/td][td]
o[/td][td]
open,
old[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]e[/td][td]
e[/td][td]d
ay, ok
ay[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]ê[/td][td]
ɛ[/td][td]b
et, st
ep[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]ee[/td][td]
i[/td][td]fl
ee, bl
eed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]u[/td][td]
u[/td][td]fl
ute, c
ool -- Another one here. This one is both '
u' and '
ə/ʊ" sounds? As in l
ook, p
ut?[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]û[/td][td]
ʌ[/td][td]b
ut, c
ut, st
uck[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]î[/td][td]
ɪ[/td][td]t
ip, sp
it[/td][/tr][/table]
Diphthongs/Glides: (no transcription reference -- best-guess transcription)
[tr][th]sound[/th][th]IPA[/th][th]examples[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]ai[/td][td]
ai[/td][td]d
ie, fl
y,
eye[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]oi[/td][td]
oi[/td][td]b
oy, expl
oit[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]ui[/td][td]
ui[/td][td]b
uoy, g
ooey, s
uey[/td][/tr][/table]
Notes on your questions: I have no idea if there are specific rules on when. Can you provide an example or two of each situation from the Mando'a dictionary?
Also, here's a chart of the consonants from the MANDOR font:
After a little bit of research, I was finally able to find a way to add some sort of stress markers to vowels in the Mando'a script font! It stands to reason, as A'nu Bliss said, to have a one to one representation from the Romanization to the Mando'a scripts. I had previously had the idea to add horizontal bars across the stressed vowels; however, I decided to replace the bars with filled-in dots above (because that was so much easier
), except for the Mando'a letter of "uy" because there is already a dot-like symbol within it in the first place. I used the vertical bar over that letter in the font.
For the font, I simply took the font from this url:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3VsKE ... 0tWWM/view and added the necessary markings over the vowels.
Here's a link to the new font:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4QEII ... g4cWc/view
Guide to Place of Vowels within the font:
IPA= ä, Unstressed form ("A" in romization)= a (lower-case A in font), Stressed Form ("Aa" in Romnization)= A (capital A in font)
IPA= o, Unstressed form ("o")= o, Stressed Form ("oo")= O
IPA= e, Unstressed form ("e")= q, Stressed Form ("ee")= ¡
IPA= ɛ, Unstressed Form ("ê")= e, Stressed Form ("êê")= E
IPA= i, Unstressed Form ("i")= &, Stressed Form ("ii")= ¢
IPA= u, Unstressed Form ("u")= ], Stressed Form ("uu")= ¤
IPA= ʌ, Unstressed Form ("û")= u, Stressed Form ("ûû")= U
IPA= ɪ, Unstressed Form ("î")= i, Stressed Form ("îî")= I
IPA= ai, Unstressed Form ("ai")= [, Stressed Form ("aai")= £
IPA= oi, Unstressed Form ("oi")= \, Stressed Form ("ooi")= ¥
IPA= ui, Unstressed form ("ui")= ;, Stressed Form ("uui")= ¦
And here's a side-by-side comparison of the old orthography, the revised Romanization, and the new font with symbols for stressed vowels:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4QEII ... sp=sharing