Lántas writing

Lántas is written with a simple alphasyllabary, where most glyphs consist of a consonant or cluster with a descender marking the vowel following it. There are full-sized letters for vowels, used when they start a word or follow a syllabic consonant. As a quick example, here’s the first sentence of the North Wind and the Sun:

 Ruakul naipa bahútlit aimlis Laksimat Fuhamkas Guwanḿ asumsas ba sua.

Vowels

At the start of a word, or after a syllabic consonant, these independent vowel letters are used.

 a  á  i  í  u  ú  ai  au  ia  ua  ł  ḿ  ń  ŕ

In other cases, vowels are attached to the letter for the previous consonant.

 ta  tá  ti  tí  tu  tú  tai  tau  tia  tua  tł  tḿ  tń  tŕ

Consonants

The basic consonant shapes are:

 ta  ka  ga  da  ƶa  pa  ba  sa  ša  la  ma  na  ča  ǧa  wa  ha  fa  ja  ra

Clusters are written with a single glyph called a ‘conjunct’. These aren’t always just the two letters glued together but they’re not usually too surprising.

 tta  tka  tga  tda  tƶa  tpa  tba  tsa  tla  tma  tna  tra  tča  tǧa  twa  tha  tfa  tja
 ƶta  ƶka  ƶga  ƶda  ƶƶa  ƶpa  ƶba  ƶsa  ƶla  ƶma  ƶna  ƶra  ƶča  ƶǧa  ƶwa  ƶha  ƶfa  ƶja
 sta  ska  sga  sda  sƶa  spa  sba  ssa  sla  sma  sna  sra  sča  sǧa  swa  sha  sfa  sja  šša

Conjuncts with  ša are the same as with  sa, but with the line above. In the case of  šša the lines join up.

 lta  lka  lga  lda  lƶa  lpa  lba  lsa  lla  lma  lna  lra  lča  lǧa  lwa  lha  lfa  lja
 mta  mka  mga  mda  mƶa  mpa  mba  msa  mla  mma  mna  mra  mča  mǧa  mwa  mha  mfa  mja
 nta  nka  nga  nda  nƶa  npa  nba  nsa  nla  nma  nna  nra  nča  nǧa  nwa  nha  nfa  nja
 rta  rka  rga  rda  rƶa  rpa  rba  rsa  rla  rma  rna  rra  rča  rǧa  rwa  rha  rfa  rja
 kka  ksa  ppa  psa  pja  bja  čsa  čča  hha  hna  hma  fna  fma

If a word ends in a consnant, a horizontal line is drawn under it to specify that there is no vowel.

 –t  –ƶ  –s  –š  –l  –m  –n  –r

Punctuation

Punctuation in Lántas is very simple. Phrases within a sentence can be separated by a single circle, and sentences are ended by a double circle:

 ta, ta  ta. ta

Both have an equal amount of space either side, more for the second one, and if they are next to a line break they stay with the previous word.

Numbers

Numbers are written in base 10. Most of the digits are letters, with the ascenders removed if they had one. Numbers in running text are indicated by double vertical bars each side, and are grouped in fours.

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