Inkling Writing Systems
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About the Inkling Syllabary and how it works.
This public article was written by [Deactivated User], and last updated on 10 Aug 2016, 09:16.
[comments] ikl The Inkling language can be written in two different forms: the syllabary and the romanized transcription. The romanization is not used in the Splatoon universe, but only an aid to us human speakers.
The Inkling Syllabary
The Inkling alphabet (or rather, syllabary) is made out of a total of 128 characters. The syllables are V, CV, VyV, and a few VcVs. V and CV can end in one of the three extra diphthongs, but VyV and VcV cannot.
| (C)V(V) | -a | -e | -i | -o | -u | -ai | -ie | -oi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | a (No conscript set up) | e (No conscript set up) | i (No conscript set up) | o (No conscript set up) | u (No conscript set up) | oi (No conscript set up) | ||
| b- | ba (No conscript set up) | be (No conscript set up) | bi (No conscript set up) | bo (No conscript set up) | bu (No conscript set up) | bai (No conscript set up) | bie (No conscript set up) | boi (No conscript set up) |
| č- | ča (No conscript set up) | či (No conscript set up) | ||||||
| d- | da (No conscript set up) | de (No conscript set up) | di (No conscript set up) | do (No conscript set up) | du (No conscript set up) | |||
| f- | fa (No conscript set up) | fe (No conscript set up) | fi (No conscript set up) | fu (No conscript set up) | ||||
| g- | ga (No conscript set up) | ge (No conscript set up) | gi (No conscript set up) | go (No conscript set up) | gu (No conscript set up) | gai (No conscript set up) | ||
| h- | ha (No conscript set up) | he (No conscript set up) | ho (No conscript set up) | hu (No conscript set up) | ||||
| k- | ka (No conscript set up) | ke (No conscript set up) | ki (No conscript set up) | ko (No conscript set up) | ku (No conscript set up) | kai (No conscript set up) | koi (No conscript set up) | |
| m- | ma (No conscript set up) | me (No conscript set up) | mi (No conscript set up) | mo (No conscript set up) | mu (No conscript set up) | mai (No conscript set up) | ||
| n- | na (No conscript set up) | ne (No conscript set up) | ni (No conscript set up) | no (No conscript set up) | nu (No conscript set up) | nai (No conscript set up) | noi (No conscript set up) | |
| p- | pa (No conscript set up) | pe (No conscript set up) | pi (No conscript set up) | po (No conscript set up) | pu (No conscript set up) | pai (No conscript set up) | pie (No conscript set up) | |
| r- | ra (No conscript set up) | re (No conscript set up) | ri (No conscript set up) | ro (No conscript set up) | ru (No conscript set up) | rai (No conscript set up)* | rie (No conscript set up) | |
| s- | sa (No conscript set up) | se (No conscript set up) | si (No conscript set up) | so (No conscript set up) | su (No conscript set up) | sai (No conscript set up) | ||
| š- | ša (No conscript set up) | še (No conscript set up) | ši (No conscript set up) | šo (No conscript set up) | šu (No conscript set up) | šai (No conscript set up) | ||
| t- | ta (No conscript set up) | te (No conscript set up) | ti (No conscript set up) | to (No conscript set up) | tu (No conscript set up) | tai (No conscript set up) | ||
| ŧ- | ŧa (No conscript set up) | ŧu (No conscript set up) | ||||||
| w- | wa (No conscript set up) | we (No conscript set up) | wu (No conscript set up) | wai (No conscript set up) | ||||
| z- | za (No conscript set up) | ze (No conscript set up) | zi (No conscript set up) | zo (No conscript set up) | zu (No conscript set up) | zai (No conscript set up) | zie (No conscript set up) | zoi (No conscript set up) |
| ž- | ža (No conscript set up) | že (No conscript set up) | ži (No conscript set up) | žo (No conscript set up) | žu (No conscript set up) | žie (No conscript set up) |
| VyV | *ya | *ye | *yi | *yo | *yu |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ay* | ayo (No conscript set up) | ayu (No conscript set up) | |||
| ey* | eya (No conscript set up) | eyo (No conscript set up) | eyu (No conscript set up) | ||
| iy* | iya (No conscript set up) | iyo (No conscript set up) | iyu (No conscript set up) | ||
| oy* | oya (No conscript set up) | oye (No conscript set up) | oyu (No conscript set up) | ||
| uy* | uya (No conscript set up) | uye (No conscript set up) | uyo (No conscript set up) |
| VCV | uno | ise | ena | ati | ane | ota | forms of rai | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letter | uno (No conscript set up) | ise (No conscript set up) | ena (No conscript set up) | ati (No conscript set up) | ane (No conscript set up) | ota (No conscript set up) | (No conscript set up) | (No conscript set up) | (No conscript set up) |
Forms of Rai
There are three forms of rai: the traditional form (No conscript set up), the simplified form (No conscript set up), and the minimal form (No conscript set up). The traditional form is most often used in printed publication and serif-fonts; the minimal form in handwriting, sans-serif fonts, and logo design; and the simplified form almost exclusively in logo design.
This phenomenon is very present in the Latin alphabet as well!
Transcription
There are multiple ways of transcribing the Inkling syllabary, but the “official” form uses these letters:
Aa Ee Ii Oo Uu Bb Čč Dd Ff Gg Hh Ii Kk Mm Nn Pp Rr Ss Šš Tt Ŧŧ Ww Zz Žž
How to pronounce these letters is written in the orthography section of the
Kuilan page.The advantage to this transcription is that acúte áccents can be used to indicate the completely irregular stress of Schoolhouse Inkling, while the syllabary cannot indicate the position of stress. However, the spoken form, the Inkopolitan dialect, has a completely regular stress rule. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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