Mandalorian Writing Systems

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Unread post by Vlet Hansen » 06 Mar 2017 16:17

AN cuy oy'la olar ret gar copaani
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Unread post by Mittramikad » 06 Mar 2017 19:11

Kandosi, ni ven'naast gev'mirdi!
Kih ori'dush cuyi sa kih yaihad, gar lise kebbu gevar, su bic ven'tengaana ast.

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Unread post by Tal’jair Rusk » 26 Dec 2017 13:41

Last attempt.
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Unread post by Adi'karta » 26 Dec 2017 20:20

Looks pretty slick. You worked out many of the "kinks", so to speak.
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Unread post by Aondeug » 15 Jan 2018 02:27

Oh my goodness. A way of writing it that isn't hell on the hands. I've yet to devise my own personal method because I typically just write in Latin script. Still this is super cool. Vor'e ner vod.

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Unread post by Kadish Vel » 19 Jan 2018 01:44

I think i'll use the above writing system. Might adjust one. Or two letters for clearity and ease of writing. Maybe polish it a bit with continuous use.
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Unread post by Vlet Hansen » 04 Mar 2018 21:08

Oh yeah, that looks way better!
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Unread post by Ciri Rhaw » 09 Jan 2019 05:40

Taljair te Mir'ad wrote:
26 Dec 2017 13:41
Last attempt.
Could you, if it isn't too much trouble, write the alphabet out larger? I'm having a bit of trouble seeing the lines of how you hand wrote it.

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Unread post by Vlet Hansen » 11 Jan 2019 05:32

click on it to zoom
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Unread post by Ciri Rhaw » 12 Jan 2019 21:43

Vlet Hansen wrote:
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Ahh, I see. Thanks.

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Unread post by Ciri Rhaw » 15 Jan 2019 18:46

So I noticed that there isn't a letter for the english c, or u, or w?

I suppose c can be substituted by s and k, and u by the oo, but what would I use for a w?

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Unread post by Vlet Hansen » 17 Jan 2019 04:25

For Tal's? Isn't that a W on the right?
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Unread post by Ciri Rhaw » 17 Jan 2019 23:43

Vlet Hansen wrote:
17 Jan 2019 04:25
For Tal's? Isn't that a W on the right?
welp it's official, I'm an idiot... but what about c and u? like in, su cuy'gar?

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Unread post by Vlet Hansen » 20 Jan 2019 04:06

Tal did some orthographic reform, things are more based off pronunciation in his version. I like it, but getting everyone to do it is the trick...
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Unread post by An'u Biss » 18 Mar 2019 19:08

Ciri Rhaw wrote:
17 Jan 2019 23:43
Vlet Hansen wrote:
17 Jan 2019 04:25
For Tal's? Isn't that a W on the right?
welp it's official, I'm an idiot... but what about c and u? like in, su cuy'gar?
Whew long time no post from me, haha, but anyway getting a little back involved...

I think where you're running into a problem with the c and u goes back to the issue with the Romanization of the language (discussed at length in another thread).

The C doesn't exist because it's actually supposed to be a K, and the U doesn't exist because it's actually a dipthong: UY - both of these sounds are represented by their own Mando'a script characters, but the popular Romanization doesn't carry that uniformity very well.
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Unread post by Tal’jair Rusk » 04 Jun 2019 13:43

My idea was basically this. Mandalorians, compared to other nations, dont need very sophisticated writing system. So the alphabet is fully phonetic. You write it as you hear it. If its K you hear, its the letter you write. Never understood why english has two letters to write same sound of one letter that can be read differently. Mando’s wouldnt have those complications i think. Its a warriors culture, and duplicate meaning in any symbols, being written or a hand signal, could be to say the least unwelcome.
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Unread post by Vlet Hansen » 07 Jun 2019 03:00

It really makes more sense to me to be strictly phonetic, yes
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Unread post by F6Echo » 15 Aug 2020 12:11

I don't know if this thread is dead, but I tried to come up with a writing style that I don't know if it'S good but what do you think?
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Unread post by Belandrie Meave » 19 Nov 2020 09:55

Personally I just write Mando'a (and... most other things...) in a shorthand version of Aurebesh that I developed for taking uni notes nobody would ask to borrow.
I tend to use a isk and a shen for yc sounds, so anyone trying to back-transliterate would get snarled there.
Were we trying for something that spells the same as the Latin charactery spelling in the canon dictionary (like Welsh, which is not a good language to write in Latin characters!) or something that spells the same as it's said?
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Unread post by Tal’jair Rusk » 21 Jan 2021 14:55

If someone’s interested
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