Tanswaiy
Tanswaiy is the official standard writing system of the Kyawcenni and Yakkanogi languages. It is an abugida with logographic elements.
Abugida chart
This chart uses the KMTS romanization for the Kyawcenni language.
| Onset →
Nucleus ↓ |
∅ | b | c | č | d | g | h | j | k | l | m | n | ng | p | r | s | š | t | x | y | z |
| a | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| e | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| i | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| u | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ya | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| yi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| yo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| yu | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| wa | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| we | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| wi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| wo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| wu | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ra | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| re | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ri | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ro | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ru | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (coda) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The ∅ coda glyph is used for /w/ <w> in coda position.
Extended characters chart
| Onset →
Nucleus ↓ |
f | pf / ꜰ | kx/ᴋ | dj/ᴊ/ǧ |
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| e | | | | |
| i | | | | |
| o | | | | |
| u | | | | |
| ya | | | | |
| ye | | | | |
| yi | | | | |
| yo | | | | |
| yu | | | | |
| wa | | | | |
| we | | | | |
| wi | | | | |
| wo | | | | |
| wu | | | | |
| ra | | | | |
| re | | | | |
| ri | | | | |
| ro | | | | |
| ru | | | | |
| (coda) | | | | |
Special symbols
| Tanswaiy | Purpose |
|---|---|
| | Changes vowel quality: e > ê and o > ô |
| | Changes vowel quality: e > ai and o > au |
| | Used to mark the end of a sentence, like the dot in English. |
| | Exclamation mark |
| | Comma |
| | (technical, not in use) e diacritic |
| | (technical, not in use) i diacritic[1] |
| | (technical, not in use) o diacritic |
| | (technical, not in use) u diacritic |
| | (technical, not in use) coda diacritic |
| | (technical, not in use) o diacritic (variant 2) |
| | (technical, not in use) u diacritic (variant 2) |
| | (technical, not in use) glide r diacritic |
| | (technical, not in use) glide w diacritic |
| | (technical, not in use) ya yit |
| | (technical, not in use) ya yit (variant 2) |
Logographs
| Symbol | KMTS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| | an cuw | light |
| | ar | in |
| | ku lyarh | storm |
| | leš | fire |
| | lying | everyone |
| | na za | eye |
| | nę xam | take, hold |
| | nyor | person |
| | pwow | doubt |
| | šêrng | hand |
| | šing | land |
| | tyo beyn | lose |
| | xêx | star |
| | yo lyu | city |
| | gyaus | life |
| | mez | (question particle) |
| | naj | everything |
References
- ↑ In the Tanswaiy font, it looks the same as the e diacritic. This is simply an error that I don't feel like fixing right now.